title: One-year survey of cutaneous lesions in 1000 consecutive Iranian newborns.
abstract: Our objective was to study skin disorders in neonates within the first 48 hours of life in Ahvaz, Iran. One thousand consecutive neonates were examined in a descriptional prospective cohort study for 1 year (2002-03). The rate of skin disorders and their relationship to age of gestation and sex were calculated and analyzed using the computerized program SPSS version 10 and chi-squared test (chi2). Our findings were Mongolian spots (71.3%), Epstein pearls (70.2%), sebaceous hyperplasia (43.7%), salmon patch (26.2%), hypertrichosis (25.7%), erythema toxicum (11.1%), milia (7.5%), desquamation (1.9%), hemangioma (1.3%), and miliaria (1.3%). The most frequent skin disorders were Mongolian spots, Epstein pearls, and sebaceous hyperplasia. Differences between our study findings and those of others may be based on racial differences and study method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ahvaz Junlishapoor University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran. Moosavi_z@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Moosavi
authors.forename: Tahereh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hosseini
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008883:Miliaria / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D049328:Mongolian Spot / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors