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. 2020 Jul;33(4):e13630.
doi: 10.1111/dth.13630. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

The fear of COVID-19 infection is the main cause of the new diagnoses of hand eczema: Report from the frontline in Milan

Serena Giacalone  1 , Paolo Bortoluzzi  1 , Gianluca Nazzaro  2
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The fear of COVID-19 infection is the main cause of the new diagnoses of hand eczema: Report from the frontline in Milan

Serena Giacalone et al. Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul.
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FIGURE 1
Hand eczema in 16‐year‐old woman before, A, and after, B, two weeks of reparative hand cream application twice daily and interruption of excessive washing
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