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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Ablative erbium:YAG laser treatment of idiopathic chronic inflammatory non-cicatricial balanoposthitis (Zoon's disease) – A series of 20 patients with long-term outcome

Uwe Wollina Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Dresden, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 120-123 | Received 24 May 2009, Accepted 09 Feb 2010, Published online: 29 Apr 2010

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