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A case of mottled hypopigmentation after low-fluence 1,064-nm Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser therapy

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Pages 290-292 | Received 01 Dec 2012, Accepted 20 Jan 2013, Published online: 06 Mar 2013

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