Prurigo pigmentosa in a patient with nickel sensitivity
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M Atasoy
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
*Correspondence: M Atasoy. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorH Timur
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorR Arslan
Pathology Department, Bingol State Hospital, Bingol, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorS Ozdemir
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorN Gursan
Pathology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorT Erdem
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
M Atasoy
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
*Correspondence: M Atasoy. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorH Timur
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorR Arslan
Pathology Department, Bingol State Hospital, Bingol, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorS Ozdemir
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorN Gursan
Pathology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Search for more papers by this authorT Erdem
Dermatology Department, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey,
Search for more papers by this authorDOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2008.02811.x

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