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They were divided into NEC group of 52 preterm neonates with symptoms and signs of NEC and 50 age and sex-matched neonates without NEC as a control group. All neonates underwent full medical history taking, clinical examination, radiological and laboratory investigations including CBC, CRP, fecal occult blood, and serum TGF-\u03b21. Serum TGF-\u03b21 was tested in NEC patients at the onset of symptoms and signs and 7 days later. Serum TGF-\u03b21 was significantly lower in NEC patients at the onset of symptoms than the control group (P\u200a=\u200a0.004) while after 7 days of onset serum TGF-\u03b21 was significantly higher than at the onset of symptoms (P\u200a&lt;\u200a0.001). 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