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Successful surgical management of keratoderma hereditaria mutilans

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Einstein Healthcare Network, 5401 Old York Road, Suite 206, Philadelphia, PA, 19141, USA

    Jared J. Liebman

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 3 Cooper Plaza, Suite 411, Camden, NJ, 08103, USA

    Yuan Liu

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Liebman, J.J., Liu, Y. Successful surgical management of keratoderma hereditaria mutilans. HAND 8, 102–104 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11552-012-9458-5

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