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Editorial
. 2018 Dec 25;4(1):4.
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4010004.

Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases (Skin NTDs)-A New Challenge

Roderick J Hay  1 , Kingsley Asiedu  2
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Editorial

Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases (Skin NTDs)-A New Challenge

Roderick J Hay et al. Trop Med Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Medical teaching has emphasised over many years the uniqueness of disease states, valuing the rare skills on which the art of diagnosis is based and the intricacies of individual patient-centred management. [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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