Westwood Carolina Conference on Clinical Dermatology

July 1980 in “ Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology ”

Richard L. Dobson

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Studysummary The conference concluded that understanding hair and nail disorders is important, iron deficiency may be linked to hair loss, and while some treatments for skin conditions are effective, they may have risks and high costs.

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