Prevention and Management of Pediatric Sensitive Skin Conditions in India: A Modified Delphi Consensus
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Authors
- Tanvi Pal
- Neeraj Gupta
- Giridhar Sethuraman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7055-9131)
- K. Prem Kumar
- Sneha Menon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1079-8928)
- Ramkumar Ramamoorthy
- Rahul Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-255X)
- Resham Vasani
- Manish Mittal
- Priti Thakor
- Nikhil Bangale
- Suresh Natarajan
- Medhu Rengasamy
- R Kishore Kumar
- Joshi A Kerketta
- Isha Naik
- Aanchal Gvalani
- Vijay Chamle
- Mukesh Sanklecha
- Vinay Joshi
Institutions
- Madras Medical College (IN)
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (IN)
- Bombay Hospital (IN)
- Cloudnine (IN)
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.116261
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal skin health care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00