Acanthosis Nigricans of the Ears or Terra Firma-Forme Dermatosis?
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218 Ann Dermatol Received December 27, 2010, Revised January 11, 2011, Accepted for publication January 11, 2011 Corresponding author: David R. Berk, M.D., Campus Box 8123, 4921 Parkview Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Tel: 1-314-747-3679, Fax: 1-314-747-8693, E-mail: [email protected] 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. Ann Dermatol Vol. 24, No. 2, 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2012.24.2.218
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