624 Ann Dermatol Received August 27, 2014, Revised November 14, 2014, Accepted for publication November 21, 2014 Corresponding author: Soo-Chan Kim, Department of Dermatology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06273, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2019-3362, Fax: 82-2-3463-6136, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons ...

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