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A disappearing neonatal skin lesion

Authors: Colin Patrick Hawkes, John Francis Bourke, James Fitzgibbon, Eugene Michael Dempsey

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 10/2011

Abstract

A preterm baby girl was noted at birth to have a firm, raised, non-tender skin lesion located over her right hip. She developed three similar smaller lesions on her ear, buttock and right knee. All lesions had resolved by 2 months of age.

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Title: A disappearing neonatal skin lesion
Authors: Colin Patrick Hawkes
John Francis Bourke
James Fitzgibbon
Eugene Michael Dempsey
Publication date: 01-10-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 10/2011
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-011-1516-4

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