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Skin diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Bronwyn R Hughes
Bronwyn R Hughes*
Affiliation:
Royal London Hospital Trust, UK
*
Bronwyn R Hughes, Department of Dermatology, Royal London Hospital Trust, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB, UK.
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Clinical geriatrics
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , August 1993 , pp. 245 - 258
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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