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. 2025 Jan 7;317(1):188.
doi: 10.1007/s00403-024-03670-1.

Enhancing dental professionals' cutaneous detective skills: a call for herpetic whitlow awareness

Chloe Stilwell  1 , Kurt M Grabow  2 , Sumoni Verma  3 , Michelle B Tarbox  4 , Daniel P Friedmann  5 , Stephen K Tyring  6   7 , Kritin K Verma  8
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Enhancing dental professionals' cutaneous detective skills: a call for herpetic whitlow awareness

Chloe Stilwell et al. Arch Dermatol Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Dental professionals; Dermatology education; HSV-1; Herpetic whitlow; Occupational hazard.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. IRB approval status: This study was considered by our IRB to be nonhuman research, and thus exempt from review. Previous publishing or presentation: No prevalence data from this database has been previously published.

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