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. 2021 Jan-Dec:12:2150132721993621.
doi: 10.1177/2150132721993621.

A Picture Says a Thousand Words. The Importance of Digital Clinical Photography in Establishing Histopathological Diagnosis of Cutaneous Disorders: A Dermatopathologist's Perspective

Muhammad N Mahmood  1
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A Picture Says a Thousand Words. The Importance of Digital Clinical Photography in Establishing Histopathological Diagnosis of Cutaneous Disorders: A Dermatopathologist's Perspective

Muhammad N Mahmood. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical image; dermatology; dermatopathology; telemedicine.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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