Letter to the Editor
Cutaneous pseudolymphomas after leech therapy
Elhem Khelifa,
Corresponding Author
Elhem Khelifa
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Correspondence: Elhem Khelifa, M.D., Service de dermatologie, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, 4 rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211 Genève, Switzerland. Email:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Gürkan Kaya,
Gürkan Kaya
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this author Emmanuel Laffitte,
Emmanuel Laffitte
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Elhem Khelifa,
Corresponding Author
Elhem Khelifa
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Correspondence: Elhem Khelifa, M.D., Service de dermatologie, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, 4 rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211 Genève, Switzerland. Email:
[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Gürkan Kaya,
Gürkan Kaya
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Search for more papers by this author Emmanuel Laffitte,
Emmanuel Laffitte
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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First published: 05 June 2013
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