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. 2010 Sep;15(7):415-7.
doi: 10.1093/pch/15.7.415.

Case 1: Vesicular rash in an infant

Dany Weisz  1 , Jason Brophy
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Case 1: Vesicular rash in an infant

Dany Weisz et al. Paediatr Child Health. 2010 Sep.
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Figure 1)
Vesicular rash on the (A) anterior and (B) posterior thorax. Permission to use the figure was obtained from the infant’s parent
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