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Neonatal Pressure Ulcer

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The structure of a premature newborn’s skin is very different from that of the adult.

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  1. Wound Healing Unit, Department of Surgery, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

    Christian Herlin MD

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  1. Department of Surgery Pôle EMMBRUN Wound Healing Unit, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France

    Luc Téot

  2. Department of Geriatrics Wound Healing Unit, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France

    Sylvie Meaume MD, PhD

  3. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Sadanori Akita

  4. Division of Vascular Surgery Section of Wound Healing and Tissue, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    William J. Ennis DO, MBA

  5. Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Erasme Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Veronique del Marmol

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Herlin, C. (2015). Neonatal Pressure Ulcer. In: Téot, L., Meaume, S., Akita, S., Ennis, W.J., del Marmol, V. (eds) Skin Necrosis. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1241-0_8

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