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Case Report

Secondary Syphilis in a 12-Year-Old Girl Misdiagnosed as Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta: A Case Report

Min Zhang1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Jia Yu2 Department of Dermatology, Distinct HealthCare, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Hui Huang1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Cunjian Zhou1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Zhifang Zhai1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Yi You1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
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Zhiqiang Song1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 815-820 | Published online: 06 Jul 2021

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