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. 2022 Jun 20;216(11):563-567.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.51588. Epub 2022 May 29.

Kerion: a great mimicker

Abhinav Rajkumar  1 , Philip N Britton  1   2
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Kerion: a great mimicker

Abhinav Rajkumar et al. Med J Aust. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Skin diseases; infectious.

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