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  1. Consultant Dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK

    Michelle A. Thomson

  2. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK

    John Berth-Jones

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  2. Université Paris XII Service de Dermatologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire Henri Mondor, 51 av du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, Créteil, 94010, France

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    Francisco A. Kerdel

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Thomson, M.A., Berth-Jones, J. (2009). Erythroderma and Exfoliative Dermatitis. In: Revuz, J., Roujeau, JC., Kerdel, F.A., Valeyrie-Allanore, L. (eds) Life-Threatening Dermatoses and Emergencies in Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79339-7_8

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