Kissing café-au-lait macule of the eyelids: report of the first case
C. Talhari
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorM. Bylaite
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorH. Plettenberg
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorT. Ruzicka
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorM. Megahed
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorC. Talhari
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorM. Bylaite
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorH. Plettenberg
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorT. Ruzicka
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorM. Megahed
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf; andDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
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