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M B Abdel-Naser1, H Gollnick, C E Orfanos

  • 1Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Steglitz, Free University of Berlin, FRG.

Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 1, 1993
PubMed

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aquagenic pruritus diagnosispolycythemia vera symptomsskin biopsy in hematologic disorderspruritus without rash

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