Female genital mucosal lesions associated with COVID-19 vaccination: A brief review of the literature
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Antonella Tammaro
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Antonella Tammaro, NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035/1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.
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Search for more papers by this authorKarolina Anna Kulakowska
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCarmen Cantisani
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorFrancesca Romana Parisella
Department of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorAlessandra Scarabello
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGaniyat Adenike Ralitsa Adebanjo
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Antonella Tammaro
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Antonella Tammaro, NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035/1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorKarolina Anna Kulakowska
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCarmen Cantisani
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorFrancesca Romana Parisella
Department of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorAlessandra Scarabello
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGaniyat Adenike Ralitsa Adebanjo
NESMOS Department of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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