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Original Article

Clinical characteristics of blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome in adults: systematic scoping review

Landon KozaiDepartment of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI, USAView further author information
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Yoshito NishimuraDepartment of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1108-1114 | Received 13 Mar 2023, Accepted 10 May 2023, Published online: 21 May 2023

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