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. 2022 Nov;87(5):1093-1095.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2021.12.050. Epub 2022 Jan 6.

Frequency of immunostimulatory herbal supplement use among patients with autoimmune skin disease

Adarsh Ravishankar  1 , Christina E Bax  1 , Madison Grinnell  1 , Daisy Yan  1 , Josef S Concha  1 , Lisa Pappas-Taffer  2 , Bridget E Shields  1 , Mohammed Dany  2 , Ashley K Clark  2 , Rui Feng  3 , Joyce Okawa  1 , Victoria P Werth  4
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Frequency of immunostimulatory herbal supplement use among patients with autoimmune skin disease

Adarsh Ravishankar et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Nov.
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Figure 1:. Herbal Supplement Use among Autoimmune Cohorts versus Controls
DM – Dermatomyositis; CLE – Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus; AIBD – Autoimmune Blistering Disease; ns – Not Statistically Significant (P > 0.05)
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