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Letter to the editor submitted in response to “the extinction of topical erythromycin therapy for acne vulgaris and concern for the future of topical clindamycin”

Tanvi GuptaDepartment of Dermatology & VD, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
,
Kabir SardanaDepartment of Dermatology & VD, PGIMER, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Bipul KumarDepartment of Microbial Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
&
Hemant K. GautamDepartment of Microbial Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
Pages 105-106 | Received 17 Apr 2017, Accepted 25 Apr 2017, Published online: 08 Jun 2017

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