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. 2021 Nov 8;31(4):565–567. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2021.4086

The impact of COVID-19 on the new diagnoses of melanoma

Christophe Gedeah 1, Thomas Damsin 1, Gilles Absil 1, Joan Somja 2, Patrick Collins 2, Andrée Rorive 3, Nathalie Marchal 3, Laurence Seidel 4, Arjen F Nikkels 1,
PMCID: PMC8572683  PMID: 34642142

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