Vanishing tan and unfaithfulness

Jatinder K Mokta; KS Jaswal; Kiran K Mokta; Prashant Panda; DS Dhiman; S Sharma; Vikas Bhatia

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Year : 2013 | Volume : 17 | Issue : 9 | Page : 694-695

Vanishing tan and unfaithfulness

Jatinder K Mokta¹, KS Jaswal², Kiran K Mokta³, Prashant Panda¹, DS Dhiman⁴, S Sharma⁵, Vikas Bhatia⁴
¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
² Department of General Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
³ Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
⁴ Department of Radiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
⁵ Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Jatinder K Mokta
Department of Internal Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla - 171 001, Himachal Pradesh
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.123570

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