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Takahashi, M., Fukuda, H., Yokouchi, Y. et al. Concurrent Merkel cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma in a chest nodule. Eur J Dermatol 25, 492–494 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2015.2607
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