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Effect of topical applications of heavy suspensions of killed Malassezia ovalis on rabbit skin

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Heavy applications of suspensions of killedMalassezia ovalis on rabbit skin produced lesions that both grossly and microscopically resembled human psoriasis. This system may afford not only a model but also an explanation for that disease.

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    E. William Rosenberg, Patricia Belew & George Bale

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Supported in part by grants from The Dermatology Foundation and The E. E. Muirhead Associates Fund.

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Rosenberg, E.W., Belew, P. & Bale, G. Effect of topical applications of heavy suspensions of killed Malassezia ovalis on rabbit skin. Mycopathologia 72, 147–154 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00572657

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