Physiological Changes of Pregnancy: A Review of the Literature
October 2017
in “
International Journal of Women's Dermatology
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Studysummary This review provides an overview of the physiologic skin changes during pregnancy but reports no new findings, emphasizing the need for physicians to distinguish between benign and potentially pathological conditions.
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