Severe, chronic and recalcitrant atopic dermatitis associated with Tinea capitis: Diagnostic approach and effects of topical Vernonia amygdalina Del. extracts
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* Department of Environmental Medicine, Kochi University Medical School, Nankoku, Japan * * Service de Dermatologie, HopitalGénéral de Kinshasa, RépubliqueDémocratique du Congo ** * Centre hospitalierNdeko-Basile, Kinshasa, RépubliqueDémocratique du Congo **** Department of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthata, South Africa ***** Disaster Nursing Global Leader doctoral Program (DNGL), Graduate School of Health and Nursing Science, University of Kochi, Kochi, Japan
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