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R H Grims1, W Weger, H Reiter

  • 1Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 8, A-8036 Graz, Austria. robert.grims@klinikum-graz.at

The British Journal of Dermatology
|June 19, 2007
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