PEDIATRICS Vol. 33 No. 6 June 1964, pp. 984-987
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Warm Nape of the Newborn

WILLIAM A. SILVERMAN M.D.1, ANSIS ZAMELIS 1, JOHN C. SINCLAIR M.D.1, and FREDERIC J. AGATE JR. Ph.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and An, atomy, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

The nape of the neck in small newborn infants remains relatively warm, compared with the exposed surface temperature of other body regions, in a heat-losing environment.




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