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. 2018 Dec 6;5(1):66-68.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2018.10.017. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Extensive skin necrosis

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Extensive skin necrosis

Anastasia O Kurta et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
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