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Original Article

Histological chorioamnionitis – implication for bacterial colonization, laboratory markers of infection, and early onset sepsis in very-low-birth-weight neonates

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Pages 364-368 | Received 18 May 2010, Accepted 05 Apr 2011, Published online: 24 May 2011

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