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Table of Content - Volume 7 Issue 3 - September 2017


 

A study of dermatological manifestations of obesity in a tertiary care center

 

Pralhad R Rathod1, Nachiket Palaskar2*

 

1Associate professor, Department of Skin & VD, Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College Yavatmal, Maharashtra, INDIA.

2Assistant Professor Dermatology, Smt Kashibai Navale Medical College Narhe, Pune 411041, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: pralhadrrathod@gmail.com

 

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