Effectiveness of topical acetate tocopherol for the prevention and treatment of skin lesions in newborns: A 5 years experience in a 3rd level Italian neonatal intensive care unit;Efficacia del tocoferolo acetato (vitamina E) per uso topico nella prevenzione e nella terapia delle patologie cutanee nel neonato: Esperienza di 5 anni in una grande unità di terapia intensiva neonatale

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 305-311

  Manzoni, P ^a,b   Gomirato, G ^a  

^a Azienda Ospedale OIRM S Anna   (Italy)

^b CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infant, newborn; Neonatal intensive care unit; Skin; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; EMOLLIENT AGENT; OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OINTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULCER; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; DIAPER RASH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME; OINTMENTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244466897     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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