Chronic ulcerative herpes simplex virus infection of the vulva

Kelly Griffith-Bauer1, Mary O'Hearn, Benjamin D Ehst

  • 1Departments of Dermatology, Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oreg., USA.

Case Reports in Dermatology
|December 29, 2012
PubMed

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