The Plantar Wart

A Rapidly Regressed Giant Plantar Wart Following Biopsy

Received May 2, 2012, Revised May 10, 2012, Accepted for publication May 12, 2012 Corresponding author: Sung Yul Lee, Department of Dermatology, Soon Chun Hyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soon Chun Hyang University College Medicine, 31 Soonchunhyang 6-gil, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 330-721, Korea. Tel: 82-41-570-2272, Fax: 82-41-570-2783, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article ...

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