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Vol. 27, No. 3, 2015 353 Received April 23, 2014, Revised July 22, 2014, Accepted for publication August 11, 2014 Corresponding author: Hei Sung Kim, Department of Dermatology, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, 56 Dongsuro, Bupyoung-gu, Incheon 403-720, Korea. Tel: 82-32-2805102, Fax: 82-32-506-9514, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article dist...

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