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Radiotherapy-induced or focally enhanced autoimmune blistering diseases

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Pham, F., Debarbieux, S., Milley, S. et al. Radiotherapy-induced or focally enhanced autoimmune blistering diseases. Eur J Dermatol 29, 648–650 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2019.3655

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