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Impact of the full-scale war in Ukraine on the role of specific maternal risk factors in the development of early-onset neonatal sepsis in their newborns: a pilot comparative study of the pre-war period and the period of active hostilities

Olena Koloskova 1
,
Olena Vlasova 1
,
Ksenia Rudan 1
,
Kateryna Vlasova 2
,
Khrystyna Buryniuk-Hloviak 1
,
Nataliia Kretsu 1
,
Karolina Zhar 1

  1. Department of Pediatrics and Children’s Infectious Diseases, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

  2. Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2026; 28(2): 140–143

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2026.161512
Data publikacji online: 2026/06/22
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