Bone Abstracts

Objectives: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe gastrointestinal disease, mainly affecting preterm infants. NEC-survivors may have short or dysfunctional bowel with malnutrition as a result. Osteopenia of prematurity is well described among preterm infants. To the best of our knowledge there are no studies that follow preterm NEC-survivors to 5 years of age, regarding growth and bone mass. The aim was to study whether children diagnosed with NEC during their neonatal p...