Dissecting cellulitis in women: a retrospective multicenter study with 17 patients
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Daniel Fernandes Melo MSc, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPaulo Müller Ramos PhD, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorCarla Jorge Machado PhD, MA
Preventive and Social Medicine Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAlessandra Anzai MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAline Blanco MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Soa Paulo, Brazil
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorFabiane Mulinari-Brenner MSc, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorGiselle Martins Pinto MSc, MD
Private practice, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLeonardo Spagnol Abraham MSc, MD
Trichology Unit, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Brasília, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLorena Dourado Alves MD
Department of Tropical Medicine and Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorMarcelo Rigatti MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Cecilia Rivitti-Machado MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPriscila Kakizaki MD
Department of Dermatology, State Civil Servant Hospital of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRenan Minotto PhD, MD
Department of Dermatology, Santa Casa Hospital Federal University of Health Sciences, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorThalita Barbosa Macedo MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorIsabella Doche PhD, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Daniel Fernandes Melo MSc, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPaulo Müller Ramos PhD, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorCarla Jorge Machado PhD, MA
Preventive and Social Medicine Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAlessandra Anzai MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorAline Blanco MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Soa Paulo, Brazil
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorFabiane Mulinari-Brenner MSc, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorGiselle Martins Pinto MSc, MD
Private practice, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLeonardo Spagnol Abraham MSc, MD
Trichology Unit, Hospital Regional da Asa Norte, Brasília, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorLorena Dourado Alves MD
Department of Tropical Medicine and Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorMarcelo Rigatti MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorMaria Cecilia Rivitti-Machado MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorPriscila Kakizaki MD
Department of Dermatology, State Civil Servant Hospital of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorRenan Minotto PhD, MD
Department of Dermatology, Santa Casa Hospital Federal University of Health Sciences, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorThalita Barbosa Macedo MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Search for more papers by this authorIsabella Doche PhD, MD
Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Funding source: None.

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