Persistent serpentine supravenous hyperpigmented eruption in lepromatous leprosy after minocycline
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Persistent serpentine supravenous hyperpigmented eruption in lepromatous leprosy after minocycline.
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عنوان ژورنال: Leprosy Review
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2162-8807
DOI: 10.47276/lr.86.2.191