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Granulomatous skin lesions in a renal transplant patient

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  1. Unit of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Domenico Bonamonte, Caterina Foti, Nicoletta Cassano, Michelangelo Vestita, Paolo Greco & Gino Antonio Vena

  2. Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Antonietta Cimmino

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Bonamonte, D., Foti, C., Cassano, N. et al. Granulomatous skin lesions in a renal transplant patient. Clin Exp Med 13, 225–227 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10238-012-0196-3

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