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Three cases of elastofibroma with immunohistochemical analysis of microfibrillar components

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Oita University, Hasama, Yufu, 879-5593, Japan

    Miyuki Uehara, Kaho Matsuda, Aiko Kato, Seiichi Sato, Fumiaki Shimizu & Miwako Ooatari

  2. Department of Dermatology, Oita University, Hasama, Yufu, 879-5593, Japan

    Yoshitaka Kai, Hiromitsu Shimada, Yutaka Hatano, Osamu Okamoto, Kazumoto Katagiri & Sakuhei Fujiwara

  3. Department of Matrix Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Hasama, Yufu, 879-5593, Japan

    Takako Sasaki

  4. Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan

    Noriko Fujii

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Uehara, M., Matsuda, K., Kato, A. et al. Three cases of elastofibroma with immunohistochemical analysis of microfibrillar components. Eur J Dermatol 24, 691–693 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2014.2427

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