Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis Differential Diagnoses

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Updated: Apr 10, 2012
 
 

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Yoon-Soo Cindy Bae-Harboe, MD  Resident Physician, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center

Yoon-Soo Cindy Bae-Harboe, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Student Association/Foundation

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Sharon A Salter, MD  Staff Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Tufts-New England Medical Center

Sharon A Salter, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

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Timothy McCalmont, MD  Director, UCSF Dermatopathology Service, Professor of Clinical Pathology and Dermatology, Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, University of California at San Francisco; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

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Michael J Wells, MD  Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L Foster School of Medicine

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Rosalie Elenitsas, MD  Herman Beerman Associate Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Director, Penn Cutaneous Pathology Services, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System

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Catherine M Quirk, MD  Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania

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Dirk M Elston, MD  Director, Ackerman Academy of Dermatopathology, New York

Dirk M Elston, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology

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Christina N Alavian, MD, Resident Physician, Division of Dermatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

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Alexa F Boer Kimball, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard University School of Medicine; Vice Chair, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Director of Clinical Unit for Research Trials in Skin (CURTIS), Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Alexa F Boer Kimball, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, and Society for Investigative Dermatology

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