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Lauren E Openshaw¹, Ghada Al Sanna¹, Tanya Nino¹

¹Lauren E. Openshaw is from the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Dr. Al Sanna is from the Department of Dermatology, Desert Pathology Medical Group, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Nino is from the Department of Dermatology, St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group, Orange, California.

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