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Case Report

Giant Lupus Vulgaris with Negative T-SPOT.TB, a Case Report and Literature Review

Zhen-Zhen Wang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6656-9142View further author information
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Hongsheng Wang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China;2 Center for Global Health, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1119-1123 | Published online: 18 Jun 2022

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