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Vol. 27, No. 4, 2015 465 Received July 7, 2014, Revised August 20, 2014, Accepted for publication September 1, 2014 Corresponding author: Joo Yeon Ko, Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2290-8441, Fax: 82-2-22919619, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the ...