Pyoderma gangrenosum mimicking inflammatory breast cancer
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Address for correspondence: Agnieszka Białecka MD, Chair of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Immunodermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 9 Skłodowskiej-Curie St, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland, phone: +48 696 557 558, +48 535 854 568, fax: +48 52 585 40 18, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 2.08.2016, accepted: 5.09.2016. Pyoderma gangrenosum mimicking inflammatory breast cancer
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