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Post-surgical Pyoderma Gangrenosum: a Clinical Entity

A. OuazzaniDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.View further author information
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J.-V. BertheDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
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S. de FontaineDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Pages 424-428 | Published online: 11 Mar 2016

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