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  • Title: Barrier properties of vernix caseosa.
    Author: Joglekar VM.
    Journal: Arch Dis Child; 1980 Oct; 55(10):817-9. PubMed ID: 7002051.
    Abstract:
    Experiments are described which show that vernix caseosa has a mechanical barrier effect if it is deposited in an unbroken layer. Specific antibacterial properties were not detected in vernix. It is suggested that vernix is best left on a newborn infant because of its mechanical obstruction to bacterial passage.
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