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Pimecrolimus 1% cream for pruritus in postmenopausal diabetic women with vulvar lichen simplex chronicus: A prospective non‐controlled case series

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Pages 274-278 | Received 20 Sep 2007, Accepted 09 Jan 2008, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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