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The Physical Exam

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Differential Diagnosis for the Dermatologist

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The Physical Exam provides the reader with diagnostic considerations associated with a variety of regional and morphological physical exam findings. Entries included in this chapter are those findings which cannot better be sorted as specific diagnoses.

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