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Statistical Survey of Skin Changes in Japanese Neonates
Author(s) -
Hidano Akira,
Purwoko Ratna,
Jitsukawa Kumiko
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1986.tb00505.x
Subject(s) - medicine , statistical survey , pediatrics , dermatology , statistics , mathematics
We observed 5387 infants over 10 years in weekly visits to a neonatal ward and obtained the following frequency data on these skin changes: erythema toxicum neonatorum, 40.8%; perianal dermatitis, 18.9%; scrotal pigmentation, 15.2%; miliaria, 8.5%; and adnexal polyp of neonatal skin, 4.1%. The frequencies of the types of birthmarks were; mongolian spots, 81.5%; salmon patches, 22.3%; nevocellular nevi, 2.7%; port‐wine stains, 2.1%; strawberry marks, 1.7%; café au lait spots, 1.7% (including a case of von Reckling‐hausen's disease); epidermal and sebaceous nevi, 0.3%; accessory auricles, 0.3%; and smooth muscle hamartomas, 0.2%. A positive relationship was observed between infant maturity and the prevalence of erythema toxicum neonatorum. Apart from candidiasis, neonatal skin infections were extremely rare.