Validation of Herpes Zoster Diagnosis Code in the Electronic Medical Record: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study
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Vol. 30, No. 2, 2018 253 Received December 28, 2016, Revised April 7, 2017, Accepted for publication May 23, 2017 Corresponding author: Young Min Park, Department of Dermatology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06591, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2258-6223, Fax: 82-2-599-9950, 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/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology https://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2018.30.2.253
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