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Sivem Afach1, Laurence Le Cleach2, Emilie Sbidian3
1Epidemiology in Dermatology and Evaluation of Therapeutics (EpiDermE) EA 7379, University Paris Est Créteil (UPEC), Créteil, France.
The Journal of Investigative Dermatology
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