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Kong, Y.L., Gan, E.Y. (2020). Hyperpigmented Patches. In: Rahmani, F., Rezaei, N. (eds) Pediatric Autoimmunity and Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26280-8_71

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