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. 2020 Sep;183(3):593-595.
doi: 10.1111/bjd.19258. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Absence of images of skin of colour in publications of COVID-19 skin manifestations

J C Lester  1 , J L Jia  2 , L Zhang  3 , G A Okoye  4 , E Linos  3
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Absence of images of skin of colour in publications of COVID-19 skin manifestations

J C Lester et al. Br J Dermatol. 2020 Sep.
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(a) Images of cutaneous manifestations associated with COVID‐19. (b) Approximation of the skin colour of the patients in (a). All images are reproduced with permission of the respective copyright owners.
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