Transient neonatal hair loss: A common transient neonatal dermatosis

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 630-632

  Cutrone, Mario ^a   Grimalt, Ramon ^b  

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Halo ring alopecia; Neonatal occipital alopecia; Neonates; Sudden infant death syndrome; Transient neonatal hair loss

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

ALOPECIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 26444490585     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1707-y     Document Type: Article

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