Cutaneous protothecosis in an immunocompetent host
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A Case of Cutaneous Protothecosis in an Immunocompetent Patient
Vol. 28, No. 2, 2016 273 Received February 10, 2015, Revised May 7, 2015, Accepted for publication May 22, 2015 Corresponding author: You Won Choi, Department of Dermatology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, 1071 Anyangcheon-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul 07985, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2650-5159, Fax: 82-2-2652-6925, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the te...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/ijdvl.ijdvl_920_18