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Table of Content - Volume 7 Issue 3 - September 2017


 

A Study of Hormonal assay among adolescent patients with acne between 15 to 20 at tertiary health care centre

 

T V Ramana Rao1, Kethireddi S Divya2*, Ajay kumar Reddy Bobba3

 

1,2Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Gayatri Vidya Parishad Institute of Health care and Medical Technology, INDIA.

3Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Pinnamaneni Siddardha Institute of Medical Sciences, INDIA.

Email: drtvramanarao94404@gmail.com

 

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