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An outbreak of hand-foot-and-mouth disease mimicking chicken pox, with a frequent association of onychomadesis in Japan in 2009: A new phenotype caused by coxsackievirus A6

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, Oita Children Hospital, Katashima 83-7, Oita, 870-0943, Japan

    Asako Miyamoto, Rumiko Hirata, Kazuhisa Ishimoto, Mayumi Hisatomi, Rieko Wasada, Yukihiro Akita, Takanobu Ishihara & Tamotsu Fujimoto

  2. Department of Biostatistics, Oita University, Idaigaoka 1-1, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, 879-5593, Japan

    Nobuyuki Eshima

  3. Department of Dermatology, Oita University, Idaigaoka 1-1, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, 879-5593, Japan

    Yutaka Hatano, Kazumoto Katagiri & Sakuhei Fujiwara

  4. Department of Dermatology, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Minamikoshigaya 2-1-50, Koshigaya, Saitama, 343-8555, Japan

    Kazumoto Katagiri

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Miyamoto, A., Hirata, R., Ishimoto, K. et al. An outbreak of hand-foot-and-mouth disease mimicking chicken pox, with a frequent association of onychomadesis in Japan in 2009: A new phenotype caused by coxsackievirus A6. Eur J Dermatol 24, 103–104 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2013.2222

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