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    Melasma (also known as chloasma faciei,: 854  or the mask of pregnancy when present in pregnant women) is a tan or dark skin discoloration. Melasma is...
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  • Melasma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae. It includes seven species of herbaceous perennial plants native to the tropical Americas...
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    Disease of the Suprarenal Capsules (1855). He originally described it as "melasma suprarenale", but later physicians gave it the medical eponym "Addison's...
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  • Phtheochroa melasma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Guatemala. Wikispecies has information related to Phtheochroa melasma. tortricidae...
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    Starksia melasma, the black spot blenny, is a species of labrisomid blenny known only from reefs around Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico and St. Croix, U...
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  • Gagarinia melasma is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2004. It is known from Bolivia. BioLib...
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    Eviota melasma, commonly called headspot eviota or melasma pygmy goby among various other vernacular names, is a species of marine fish in the family...
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    nigricans—hyperpigmentation of intertriginous areas associated with insulin resistance. Melasma, also known as 'chloasma' or the “mask of pregnancy,” when it occurs in...
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    skin. As an example of the latter, it is used to treat skin diseases like melasma. Kojic acid also has antibacterial and antifungal properties.[citation...
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    placenta. This physiological phenomenon is concomitant with the occurrence of melasma and darkened nipples. Individuals with lighter skin pigmentation tend to...
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