Eczema Confined to Becker's Nevus on the Face: The Behavior of Melanocytes during Inflammation
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Vol. 24, No. 1, 2012 99 Received November 9, 2010, Accepted for publication January 6, 2011 Corresponding author: Hee Young Kang, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Dermatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5 Woncheondong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-721, Korea. Tel: 82-31-219-5190, Fax: 82-31-219-5189, 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. 1, 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2012.24.1.99
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