Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

idiopathic atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini, IAPP, atrophodermia idiopathica progressiva, progressive idiopathic atrophoderma, scleroderma, morphea, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, B burgdorferi, Borrelia burgdorferi

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Anne Laumann, MB, ChB, MRCP(UK), FAAD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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