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Case Studies

Multiple cutaneous and mucosal lesions in a patient with cocaine-levamisole–induced vasculopathy syndrome

Arianne Clare AgdamagDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Correspondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2948-039X
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Ofelya GevorgyanDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Michael Lawrenz CoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
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Sobia HassanDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
, MD
Pages 93-95 | Received 22 May 2018, Accepted 19 Jul 2018, Published online: 27 Dec 2018

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