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Clinicopathological retrospective analysis of porokeratosis ptychotropica and genitogluteal porokeratosis: confusion-prone but essentially different twins

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This work was supported partially by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81972565 to Huang Changzheng).

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Avenue No.1277, Hankou, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei, China

    Yifan Jin, Fangqi Chen, Amelia Nabatanzi, Ting Wu, Siyuan Chen & Changzheng Huang

  2. Department of Dermatology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009, Zhejiang, China

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Jin, Y., Chen, F., Nabatanzi, A. et al. Clinicopathological retrospective analysis of porokeratosis ptychotropica and genitogluteal porokeratosis: confusion-prone but essentially different twins. Arch Dermatol Res 315, 2841–2843 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02694-3

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