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Diffuse hair loss following anti-programmed cell death-1 antibody treatment: a case report with immunohistochemical analysis

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

    Takayoshi Komatsu-Fujii, Atsushi Otsuka, Yoshihiro Ishida, Yo Kaku, Chisato Yamashita, Akitaka Hata, Tetsuya Honda & Kenji Kabashima

  2. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan

    Tatsuki Kataoka

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Komatsu-Fujii, T., Otsuka, A., Ishida, Y. et al. Diffuse hair loss following anti-programmed cell death-1 antibody treatment: a case report with immunohistochemical analysis. Eur J Dermatol 29, 326–327 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2019.3547

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