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. 2022 Mar;36(3):e164-e166.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.17802. Epub 2021 Nov 23.

Impact of the French COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on newly diagnosed melanoma delay and severity

R Molinier  1 , A Roger  1   2 , B Genet  3 , A Blom  1   2 , C Longvert  1   2 , L Chaplain  1 , M Fort  1 , P Saiag  1   2 , E Funck-Brentano  1   2
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Impact of the French COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on newly diagnosed melanoma delay and severity

R Molinier et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Mar.
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Cumulative numbers of new melanoma cases in 2019 and 2020
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