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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 150372, 8 pages
S100A12 and hBD2 Correlate with the Composition of the Fecal Microflora in ELBW Infants and Expansion of E. coli Is Associated with NEC
1Department of Neonatology, HELIOS Children’s Hospital, 42283 Wuppertal, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
2Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University Children’s Hospital, Münster, Germany
3The Royal Children’s Hospital, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Gastrointestinal Research in Inflammation & Pathology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Received 17 July 2013; Revised 3 September 2013; Accepted 9 September 2013
Academic Editor: Hongjuan Liu
Copyright © 2013 A. C. Jenke et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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