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  1. the Departments of Medicine and Dermatology and the Pigmented Lesion Study Group, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

    DuPont Guerry IV MD & Allan C. Halpern MD

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Guerry, D., Halpern, A.C. Curable melanomas. J Gen Intern Med 7, 253–254 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02598028

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