Faecal volatile organic compounds in preterm babies at risk of necrotising enterocolitis: the DOVE study.

Chris ProbertRosemary GreenwoodArno MayorDavid HughesRaphael AggioRachel Elizabeth JacksonLiz SimcoxHeather BarrowMarta García-FinanaAndrew K Ewer

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2019)

Faecal VOCs are altered in preterm infants with NEC. These data are currently insufficient to enable reliable cotside detection of babies at risk of developing NEC and further work is needed investigate the role of VOCs in clarifying the aetiology of NEC.

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