Suspected viral maculopapular eruptions: an audit of practice

L Baudoux1, S Ingen-Housz-Oro, J Corneille

  • 1Dermatology Department, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France.

Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 7, 2013
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