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An ancient Chinese proverb says that a picture is worth more than ten thousand words. Word pictures do not convey the specificity of actual images. Pictures, more than words, convey what one wants to demonstrate.

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Montagna, W., Kligman, A.M., Carlisle, K.S. (1992). Introduction. In: Atlas of Normal Human Skin. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9202-6_1

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