Nail Changes during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Patients at an Academic Center

Justin Matushansky1, Yu Wang2, Michelle J Chang3

  • 1Leon Goldstein High School for the Sciences, New York, New York, USA.

Skin Appendage Disorders
|January 16, 2023
PubMed

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