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Abstract

Few big cities are homogeneous. Nevertheless, the heterogeneity of big Latin American cities is so great that a study of dermatology in a city such as Caracas, Venezuela, provides a cosmic scope to the findings of such study. Other Latin American cities may show features similar to those of Caracas. In all, history is the clue to the present.

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  1. Mauricio Goihman-Yahr
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. 1819 J. F. Kennedy Boulevard Suite 465, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103, USA

    Lawrence Charles Parish MD (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology)

  2. Jefferson Center for International Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Lawrence Charles Parish MD (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology)

  3. Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

    Lawrence Charles Parish MD (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology)

  4. Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

    Lawrence Charles Parish MD (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Director, Visiting Professor of Dermatology and Venereology)

  5. Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Larry E. Millikan MD (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology) (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology)

  6. Zagazig University Faculty of Medicine, 86, Ahmed El Zyat Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    Mohamed Amer MD (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology and Venereology, Visiting Professor of Dermatology) (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology and Venereology, Visiting Professor of Dermatology)

  7. Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, USA

    Mohamed Amer MD (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology and Venereology, Visiting Professor of Dermatology) (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology and Venereology, Visiting Professor of Dermatology)

  8. Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, LE1 5WW, UK

    Robin A. C. Graham-Brown BSc, MB, FRCP (Consultant Dermatologist) (Consultant Dermatologist)

  9. Hebrew University School of Medicine, 12000, IL-91120, Jerusalem, Israel

    Sidney N. Klaus MD (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology) (Professor and Chairman of Dermatology)

  10. University of Malta Medical School, Boffa Hospital, Floriana, Malta

    Joseph L. Pace MD (Lecturer in Dermatology) (Lecturer in Dermatology)

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Goihman-Yahr, M. (1994). Venezuela. In: Parish, L.C., Millikan, L.E., Amer, M., Graham-Brown, R.A.C., Klaus, S.N., Pace, J.L. (eds) Global Dermatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2614-7_31

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