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. 2025 Jul 14:20:46.
doi: 10.51866/lte.955. eCollection 2025.

Garlic burns are not burns

Jazlan Jamaluddin  1 , Siti Nuradliah Jamil  2 , Siti Khamsiah Abd Shukor  3
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Garlic burns are not burns

Jazlan Jamaluddin et al. Malays Fam Physician. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Burns; Contact dermatitis; Garlic; Irritant dermatitis.

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