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Skin diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Bronwyn R Hughes*
Affiliation:
Royal London Hospital Trust, UK
*
Bronwyn R Hughes, Department of Dermatology, Royal London Hospital Trust, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK.

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Clinical geriatrics
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