Article
Seasonal patterns in melasma incidence and correlation to Google Trends search volume: A cross-sectional analysis
2023-12-07
Abstract excerpt
Melasma is a hyperpigmenting disorder primarily affecting darker-skinned individuals and women of reproductive age. Melasma has being associated with photoaging and sun exposure. As such, in this study we investigate seasonal trends in melasma diagnoses, considering race and ethnicity, and seasonal Google search trends. We utilized the Mass General Brigham Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) and Google Trends da...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d9388734-909a-5dc6-a931-775750c27e25
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3706559/v1
