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Mazereeuw-Hautier, J., Taïeb, A. (2010). Vitiligo in Childhood. In: Picardo, M., Taïeb, A. (eds) Vitiligo. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69361-1_15
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