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S Teysseire¹, L Thomas¹, S Dalle¹

¹Service de dermatologie, hospices civils de Lyon, centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France.

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