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Case Reports

Plastic surgical treatment of purpura fulminans: Long-term follow-up of two patients

Emma HanssonDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ulf TedgårdDepartment of Paediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Magnus BeckerDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Pages 147-151 | Accepted 28 May 2012, Published online: 04 Dec 2012

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