Blistering rash in a young male child

A Painful, Blistering Rash

Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted July 1, 2013; Accepted July 15, 2013 Electronically published October 9, 2013 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.7.18845 [West J Emerg Med. 2013;14(6):645.] David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Department of ...

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