Clinical Features, Complications and Autoimmunity in Male Lichen Sclerosus
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Clinical Features, Complications and Autoimmunity in Male Lichen Sclerosus.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato Venereologica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2537