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Images in neonatal medicine
Macrodystrophia lipomatosa in a healthy newborn
  1. Patricia Meseguer-Yebra1,
  2. Carmen Meseguer-Yebra2,
  3. Almudena Hernández-Núñez3
  1. 1 Department of Pediatrics, Primary Care Center of Tordoia, Tordoia (A Coruña), Spain
  2. 2 Section of Dermatology, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Zamora, Spain
  3. 3 Section of Dermatology, Hospital de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada (Madrid), Spain
  1. Corresponding to
    Dr Patricia Meseguer-Yebra, Department of Pediatrics, Primary Care Center of Tordoia, Centro de Salud de Tordoia, Rúa Pontepedra s/n, Tordoia (A Coruña) 15683, Spain; patricia.meseguer.yebra{at}sergas.es

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2015-308280

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