Vernix caseosa in neonatal adaptation

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 440-446

  Visscher, Marty O ^a   Narendran, Vivek ^a   Pickens, William L ^a   LaRuffa, Angela A ^a   Meinzen Derr, Jareen ^a   Allen, Kathleen ^b   Hoath, Steven B ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; MALE; MECONIUM; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NEWBORN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PH MEASUREMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURFACE; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VERNIX CASEOSA; VITAMIN E;

EID: 22144468387     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211305     Document Type: Article

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