Open AccessA clinical study of the skin changes in pregnancy in Kashmir valley of north India: A hospital based study
Author(s) -
Iffat Hassan,
Saima Bashir,
Shahnaaz Taing
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.147782
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , gynecology , biology , genetics
Pregnancy is associated with multiple skin changes, most of which are physiological in nature, being the direct result of expected modifications of the hormonal, vascular, metabolic or immunologic status in pregnant females. Pregnancy however is also associated with certain pruritic eruptions, which not only cause distress to the pregnant female, but may influence the fetal outcome as well.