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Stefanie Reich-Schupke1, Stefan Surhoff1, Markus Stücker1

  • 1Venenzentrum der Dermatologischen und Gefäßchirurgischen Kliniken, -Klinik für Dermatologie, Allergologie und Venerologie, Kliniken der Ruhr-Universität Bochum im St. Josef Krankenhaus, Bochum.

Journal Der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG
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