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T R Romeijn¹, M F Jonkman², C Knoppers²

¹Department of Pathology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, the Netherlands.

The British Journal of Dermatology

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