شیوع خالهای ملانوستیک مادرزادی در نوزادان

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of congenital melanocytic nevus in newborns of the postpartum(1,2) tubulligation wards at Alzahra Hospital in Rasht. On 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th Days of each month all newborn babies of aforementined wards were examined during one year (August 1994-1995). Of 1586 infants, thirty three infants had clinically recognizable CMN (Mean 2%; range 1.5% - 2.5% : 95% confidence limits). The result obtained from this study showed the prevalence rate of CMN in these wards was 2 ± 05 with a confidence coefficient of 05% (mean 2% , about 1.5% with a confidence coefficient, 5%)