A Case of Endemic Syphilis, Iran
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Figure. Disfi guring infi ltration of the nose, glabella, and forehead with clustered nodules in left interciliary region of boy with endemic syphilis, Iran, 2010. Photograph by Alireza Abdolrasouli.
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