Nipple Eczema: A Diagnostic Challenge of Allergic Contact Dermatitis
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Vol. 26 No. 3, 2014 413 Received March 13, 2013, Revised March 27, 2013, Accepted for publication June 17, 2013 Corresponding author: Seong-Jin Kim, Department of Dermatology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Medical School, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-757, Korea. Tel: 82-62-220-6683, Fax: 82-62-222-4058, E-mail: seongkim @jnu.ac.kr This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. lymph node dissection. Therefore, we suggest the term ‘neutrophilic dermatosis on the lymphedematous area’ rather than NDPL.
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