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Nutrition and Skin Diseases

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Dermatology in Five Continents

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An adequate diet in quantity and quality is a must for the formation, development, and maintenance of the structures in all the phases of human life.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Antioquia Medical School, Medellin, Colombia

    A. Cortés (Chairman) & J. P. Velasquez

  2. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Juarez, Mexico City, Mexico

    Y. Ortiz (Co-Chairman)

  3. Department of Dermatology, Bremen City Hospital, Bremen, FR Germany

    W. P. Herrmann (Co-Chairman)

  4. Immunology Laboratory, Medical Clinic, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, FR Germany

    U. Reinhold

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn, Bonn, FR Germany

    R. Bauer

  6. Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    L. C. Parish

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Cortés, A. et al. (1988). Nutrition and Skin Diseases. In: Orfanos, C.E., Stadler, R., Gollnick, H. (eds) Dermatology in Five Continents. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83360-1_40

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