Nails in nutritional deficiencies

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 237-241

  Seshadri, Divya ^a   De, Dipankar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COLLAGEN; CYSTINE; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GELATIN; IRON; KERATIN; METHIONINE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RHODANINE; VITAMIN D;

ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALNUTRITION; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; NAIL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; NUTRITION DISORDERS;

EID: 84862073461     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.95437     Document Type: Review

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