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. 2020 Sep;183(3):596-598.
doi: 10.1111/bjd.19243. Epub 2020 Jun 25.

Further evidence that chilblains are a cutaneous manifestation of COVID-19 infection

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Further evidence that chilblains are a cutaneous manifestation of COVID-19 infection

M Hughes et al. Br J Dermatol. 2020 Sep.
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Figure 1
Chilblains in 2020 during COVID‐19. Google Trends® data (5 May 2019 to 26 April 2020) for chilblains worldwide (a) and for the USA (b). Numbers on the y‐axis represent the search interest relative to the highest point for the given region and time (x‐axis), where 100 is the peak popularity for the term, and 0 indicates there is not enough data for the search term. (c, d) Examples of chilblains that occurred in early 2020 in children and adults, none of whom had a history of previous chilblain occurrence. The erythema and the vesicles and pustules may be clearly seen.

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