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Cold Sores and Aphthosis

Patterns of disease and treatment of cold sores

Vanessa N. RichardsonDepartment of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, , Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1071, USA
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Scott A. DavisDepartment of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, , Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1071, USA
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Cheryl J. GustafsonDepartment of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, , Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1071, USA
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Cameron E. WestDepartment of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, , Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1071, USA
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Steven R. FeldmanDepartment of Dermatology, Center for Dermatology Research, , Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1071, USA;Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA;Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 439-443 | Received 05 Mar 2013, Accepted 05 Mar 2013, Published online: 21 May 2013

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