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Society for Investigative Dermatology: Neonatal and Developmental Dermatology
A New Look at the Ichthyoses: Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
Mary L. Williams M.D.,
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Mary L. Williams M.D.
Dermatology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center and Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California
Address correspondence to: Mary L. Williams, M.D., Dermatology Service (190), Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121. Telephone: (415)750-2091.Search for more papers by this authorMary L. Williams M.D.,
Corresponding Author
Mary L. Williams M.D.
Dermatology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center and Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California
Address correspondence to: Mary L. Williams, M.D., Dermatology Service (190), Veterans Administration Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121. Telephone: (415)750-2091.Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
The following three articles constitute the symposium on neonatal and developmental dermatology that was presented at the May 1986 meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology under the joint sponsorship of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Society for Pediatric Dermatology, and Society for Pediatric Research.
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