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A Mouse Fetal Skin Model of Scarless Wound Repair
Published on: January 16, 2015
Skin in pregnancy
V Shivakumar1, P Madhavamurthy
1Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, JJM Medical College, Davangere-577004, India.
Abstract:
Screening for skin and sexually transmitted diseases was undertaken in 170 pregnant women in all the trimesters of pregnancy. Pruritus was the commonest presenting symptom (58.82%). Candidiasis (21.78%) was the commonest cause of white discharge per vagina, Condylomata acwninata (4.70%) was the commonest sexually transmitted disease. Three patients (1.76%) were seropositive for HIV infection. The commonest dermatological disorder observed was scabies (17.64%) while 48 other diseases accounted for less than 10% each.
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