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Case Reports
. 2015 Feb 3;187(2):126-128.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140198. Epub 2014 Sep 2.

Brazilian waxing and human papillomavirus: a case of acquired epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Mark G Kirchhof  1 , Sheila Au  2
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Case Reports

Brazilian waxing and human papillomavirus: a case of acquired epidermodysplasia verruciformis

Mark G Kirchhof et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Clinical photograph of the groin of a 48-year-old woman showing purplish-red flat-topped verrucous papules coalescing into a confluent plaque over the mons pubis and labia. These flat wart-like lesions developed after pubic hair waxing.
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