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Ethosuximide-induced lupus-scleroderma syndrome with disease-specific autoantibodies

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Toyama, T., Asano, Y., Taniguchi, T. et al. Ethosuximide-induced lupus-scleroderma syndrome with disease-specific autoantibodies. Eur J Dermatol 27, 196–197 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2016.2942

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