Interferon-Gamma Release Assay in a Patient with Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis
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Vol. 27, No. 1, 2015 109 Received February 6, 2014, Revised March 26, 2014, Accepted for publication April 10, 2014 Corresponding author: Ok-Ja Joh, Department of Dermatology, VHS Medical Center, 53, Jinhwangdo-ro 61-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 134-791, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2225-1388, Fax: 82-2-471-5514, 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. Fig. 1. A 7×8 cm annular erythematous plaque with central clearing and hyperpigmentation in the left inner thigh. http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.1.109
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