Dermatoses of pregnancy: Nomenclature, misnomers, and myths
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Dermatoses of pregnancy.
Hormonal alterations contribute to the physiologic skin changes in pregnancy, which include hyperpigmentation and melasma, striae gravidarum and vascular phenomena, such as spiders, palmar erythema and varicosities. Hair, nails and sweat glands may also be affected. Dermatoses associated with pregnancy include herpes gestationis, impetigo herpetiformis, pruritic urticarial papules and plaques o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics in Dermatology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0738-081X
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2016.02.002