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Antenatal Ureaplasma infection induces ovine small intestinal goblet cell defects: a strong link with NEC pathology

Charlotte van Gorpa Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Ilse H de Langea Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;b Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;c European Surgical Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Pediatric Surgery, School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Matthias C Hüttena Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;d Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Carmen López-Iglesiase Microscopy CORE Lab, Maastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Kimberly RI Massya Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Lilian Kesselsa Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Boris Kramera Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Willine van de Weteringe Microscopy CORE Lab, Maastricht Multimodal Molecular Imaging Institute (M4I), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Brad Spillerf Division of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UKView further author information
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George M Birchenoughg Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;h Wallenberg Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SwedenView further author information
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Wim G van Gemertb Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;c European Surgical Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Pediatric Surgery, School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Luc J Zimmermanna Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsView further author information
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Tim GAM Wolfsa Department of Pediatrics, School of Oncology and Reproduction (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands;i Department of Biomedical Engineering (BMT), School for Cardiovascular Diseases (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-4144View further author information
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Article: 2158016 | Received 31 May 2022, Accepted 05 Dec 2022, Published online: 28 Dec 2022

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