Tumor of the follicular infundibulum: Dermoscopic and confocal features
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Riccardo Pampena
Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Riccardo Pampena, Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorSimonetta Piana
Pathology Unit, Azienda USL Reggio Emilia – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Pellacani
Dermatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dermatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Riccardo Pampena
Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Riccardo Pampena, Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Email: [email protected]
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Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorSimonetta Piana
Pathology Unit, Azienda USL Reggio Emilia – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiovanni Pellacani
Dermatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCaterina Longo
Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dermatology Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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