Microflora of the gut was studied close to the onset of sporadic necrotizing enterocolitis
(NEC) in neonates. Enteric flora in 25 babies with NEC differed from that in 23 matched …

Forty‐four infants were diagnosed as having necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) during a 33
months' period; these represented 4% of all neonatal admissions. An increase in incidence …

There are probably many predisposing and contributing factors in the pathogenesis of NEC.
The infant who is at highest risk to develop the condition is premature, low in birth weight or …

Experience with the fairly simple and safe technique of proctoscopy in an infant using an
ordinary auroscope is reported. The use of the auroscope showed the presence of a frank …

Gastrointestinal (GI) abnormality is common in both the fetus and the neonate. GI
malformations are diagnosed in fetal life with increasing frequency, enabling delivery in …

cord during the 6th week. Between 9th and 10th weeks, the midgut withdraws from the
umbilical cord and reenters to the abdominal cavity. A 180-degree counterclockwise rotation …

The gut derives from that part of the secondary yolk sac that becomes enclosed by the head,
tail and lateral folds of the embryonic plate at around the 20th day of development. The head …

The gut derives from that part of the secondary yolk sac which becomes enclosed by the
head, tail and lateral folds of the embryonic plate at around the 20th day of development …

The gut derives from that part of the secondary yolk sac which becomes enclosed by the
head. tail and lateral folds of the embryonic plate at around the 20th day of development …

Twenty-eight infants over one month of age were treated for necrotizing enterocolitis in El
Fatah Children's Hospital, Benghazi, Libya during the three year period January 1977 to …