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Sclerema neonatorum

A study of 17 cases

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    Seventeen cases of sclerema neonatorum were observed during a period of 3 years and 9 months. Of these 17, sixteen were premature by weight.

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    Septicaemia was present in six, respiratory infection in four, and previous operative interference in two.

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    Only three cases survived; another patient survived the first attack but succumbed to the second.

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    Siddharth K. Khetarpal & V. V. Subrahmanyam

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From the department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

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Khetarpal, S.K., Subrahmanyam, V.V. Sclerema neonatorum. Indian J Pediatr 31, 8–13 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02751673

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