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Male genital lichen sclerosus and hepatitis C
T.N. Shim,
T.N. Shim
Department of Dermatology, University College Hospital, 250 Euston Road, 3rd Floor, Central Wing, London NW1 2PG, U.K.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Faculty and Division of Medicine, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, U.K.
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C.B. Bunker
Department of Dermatology, University College Hospital, 250 Euston Road, 3rd Floor, Central Wing, London NW1 2PG, U.K.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Faculty and Division of Medicine, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, U.K.
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T.N. Shim,
T.N. Shim
Department of Dermatology, University College Hospital, 250 Euston Road, 3rd Floor, Central Wing, London NW1 2PG, U.K.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Faculty and Division of Medicine, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, U.K.
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C.B. Bunker
Department of Dermatology, University College Hospital, 250 Euston Road, 3rd Floor, Central Wing, London NW1 2PG, U.K.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Faculty and Division of Medicine, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH, U.K.
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First published: 21 May 2012
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