Occupational exposure as a presumable cause of subcutaneous sarcoidosis in a tannery worker – case report and review of the literature
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Address for correspondence: Małgorzata M. Michalska-Jakubus, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Paediatric Dermatology, Medical University of Lublin, 13 Radziwiłłowska St, 20-080 Lublin, Poland, phone: +48 693 549 654, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 4.02.2016, accepted: 10.08.2017. Occupational exposure as a presumable cause of subcutaneous sarcoidosis in a tannery worker – case report and review of the literature
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