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Case Reports
. 2017 May 23;189(20):E725.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160665.

Kerion

Marlous L Grijsen  1 , Henry J C de Vries  2
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Case Reports

Kerion

Marlous L Grijsen et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Erythematous, boggy nodule with purulent discharge and alopecia in an eight-year-old boy. Broken stubs of hair in the lesion give the appearance of black dots and are commonly seen in tinea capitis caused by Trichophyton tonsurans.
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References

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