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  1. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Oncodermatology, University of Pécs, Medical School, H-7632, Pécs, Hungary

    András L. Kovács, Annamária Rózsa & Rolland Gyulai

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Pécs, Medical School, H-7632, Pécs, Hungary

    Endre Kálmán & Csaba Gyömörei

  3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Pécs, Medical School, H-7632, Pécs, Hungary

    Erzsébet Schmidt

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Kovács, A.L., Rózsa, A., Kálmán, E. et al. Puffy hand syndrome. Eur J Dermatol 27, 415–417 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2017.3028

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