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Images in neonatal medicine
Total body cooling: skin and renal complications
  1. Monica Fumagalli1,
  2. Luca A Ramenghi1,
  3. Silvia Pisoni1,
  4. Irene Borzani2,
  5. Fabio Mosca1
  1. 1NICU, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
  2. 2Institute of Pediatrics-Pediatric Radiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Monica Fumagalli, NICU, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Commenda 12, 20122 Milan, Italy; monica.fumagalli{at}mangiagalli.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2010.207886

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    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.