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  1. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Charité Universty Hospital Berlin, Skin Cancer Center Charité, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany

    Dorothea Terhorst

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  1. Skin Cancer Center Charité, Department of Dermatology, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany

    Eggert Stockfleth

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    Theodore Rosen (Chief of VA Dermatology Clinic Professor) (Chief of VA Dermatology Clinic Professor)

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Terhorst, D., Ulrich, M., Rosen, T. (2010). Kaposi Sarcoma. In: Stockfleth, E., Rosen, T., Shumack, S. (eds) Managing Skin Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79347-2_9

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