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Improvement of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp following discontinuation of chemotherapy with afatinib

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan

    Kazuya Goto, Takashi Nomura, Toshiaki Kogame, Hiroyuki Irie, Yo Kaku, Teruki Dainichi & Kenji Kabashima

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Goto, K., Nomura, T., Kogame, T. et al. Improvement of erosive pustular dermatosis of the scalp following discontinuation of chemotherapy with afatinib. Eur J Dermatol 28, 258–259 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2018.3220

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