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A quantitative cross‐sectional analysis of the melanin index in the skin of preterm newborns and its association with gestational age at birth

BACKGROUND: Estimation of gestational age (GA) is important to make timely decisions and provide appropriate neonatal care. Clinical maturity scales to estimate GA have used skin texture and color to assess maturity at birth facing situations of the uncertainty of pregnancy dating. The size and dark...

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Autores principales: Silva, Paola Conceição, Guimarães, Rodney Nascimento, Souza, Rayner Guilherme, Reis, Zilma Silveira Nogueira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7318316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31763716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/srt.12810