Acitretin as a Therapeutic Option for Chronic Hand Eczema
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Vol. 29, No. 3, 2017 385 Received February 19, 2016, Revised July 1, 2016, Accepted for publication July 26, 2016 Corresponding author: Byung-Soo Kim, Department of Dermatology, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Guduk-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 49241, Korea. Tel: 82-51-240-7338, Fax: 82-51-245-9467, E-mail: dockbs@ pusan.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/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology https://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2017.29.3.385
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