Urinary Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Can Distinguish Necrotizing Enterocolitis from Sepsis in Early Stage of the Disease

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The analysis of I-FABP in serum. (a) The comparison of I-FABP for patients with NEC and sepsis or healthy patients at the time of enrollment (, unpaired Student’s -test with Welch’s correction), (b) the comparison of I-FABP in patients with NEC at the time of enrollment and last day of ATB treatment (, Paired Student’s -test), and (c) the ROC curve analysis using I-FABP levels in NEC and sepsis group at the time of admission.

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