Clofazimine for Residual Nodulocystic Acne Lesions
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Cyclosporine-induced infantile nodulocystic acne.
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عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology
سال: 1991
ISSN: 1018-8665,1421-9832
DOI: 10.1159/000247634