Diagnostic pitfalls in newborns and babies with blisters and erosions

Dermatology Research and Practice

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nischler, Elke ^a   Klausegger, Alfred ^a   Hüttner, Clemens ^a   Pohla Gubo, Gabriele ^a   Diem, Anja ^a   Bauer, Johann W ^a   Hintner, Helmut ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

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EID: 84856810558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16876113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/320403     Document Type: Review

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