Reticulate Pigmented Anomaly: Treatment & Medication

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Further Reading

Keywords

reticulate pigmented anomaly, Dowling-Degos disease, dark dot disease, Dowling Degos Ossipowski disease, DDD

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Robert A Schwartz, MD, MPH, Professor and Head, Dermatology, Professor of Pathology, Pediatrics, Medicine, and Preventive Medicine and Community Health, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
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Mark A Crowe, MD, Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of Washington School of Medicine
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