Dermoscopy, Optical Coherence Tomography, and Histological Correlation of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum.

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NESMOS Department, Dermatology Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital Faculty of Medicine & Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Published: July 2019


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