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The small liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum): an unusual clinical finding in chronic urticaria

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  1. Department and Outpatient Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, Munich University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University, Frauenlobstraße 9–11, 80337, Munich, Germany

    Carolin Blatner, Eva Maria Oppel, Thomas Herzinger & Franziska Ruëff

  2. Max von Pettenkofer Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    Andreas Wieser

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C. Blatner, E.M. Oppel, A. Wieser, T. Herzinger and F. Ruëff declare that they have no competing interests.

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Blatner, C., Oppel, E.M., Wieser, A. et al. The small liver fluke (Dicrocoelium dendriticum): an unusual clinical finding in chronic urticaria. Allergo J Int 26, 165–167 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-017-0021-3

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