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. 2022 Nov 12;32(3):421–423. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2021.4126

Clinical characteristics of Mycosis fungoides palmaris et plantaris: two cases and a systematic literature review

Raphaël André 1,✉, Caroline Ram-Wolff 2, Martine Bagot 2
PMCID: PMC9660025  PMID: 36065530

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Funding sources: none. Conflicts of interest: none. The patients in this manuscript have given written informed consent to publication of their case details.

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