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Assessing the relationship between topical corticosteroid phobia and susceptibility to misinformation in patients
M L Hrin1, J K Bray1, A B Fleischer2
1Department of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
|September 17, 2021
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