History of the Baths and Thermal Medicine
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1 University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192, Italy; 2 Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior, Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery; Onkoderma, Private Clinic for Dermatologic Surgery, Dermatology and Surgery, Sofia 1407, Bulgaria; 3 Krankenhaus Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany; 4 University B.I.S. Group of Institutions, Punjab Technical University, Punjab, India; 5 G. Marconi University, Department of Nuclear Physics, Subnuclear and Radiation, Rome, Italy; 6 Universitario di Ruolo, Dipartimento di Scienze Dermatologiche, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dermatology, Via Vittoria Colonna 11, Rome 00186, Italy
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