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A case of possible chemical leukoderma secondary to usage of skin whitening agents

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Maria Cho, Atsushi Otsuka, Hiroyuki Irie & Kenji Kabashima

  2. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Tatsuki Kataoka

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Cho, M., Otsuka, A., Irie, H. et al. A case of possible chemical leukoderma secondary to usage of skin whitening agents. Eur J Dermatol 28, 701–702 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2018.3380

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