Clinical Notes
Early upper lip pressure ulcer in a preterm neonate
Masami Makimoto,
Masami Makimoto
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Yukako Kawasaki,
Yukako Kawasaki
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Satomi Inomata,
Satomi Inomata
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Kentaro Tamura,
Kentaro Tamura
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Taketoshi Yoshida,
Corresponding Author
Taketoshi Yoshida
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Correspondence: Taketoshi Yoshida, MD, PhD, Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan. Email:
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Masami Makimoto,
Masami Makimoto
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Yukako Kawasaki,
Yukako Kawasaki
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Satomi Inomata,
Satomi Inomata
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Kentaro Tamura,
Kentaro Tamura
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Search for more papers by this author Taketoshi Yoshida,
Corresponding Author
Taketoshi Yoshida
Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan
Correspondence: Taketoshi Yoshida, MD, PhD, Division of Neonatology, Maternal and Perinatal Center, Toyama University Hospital, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan. Email:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 21 March 2017
No abstract is available for this article.
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