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  1. Marti J. Rothe MD
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  1. Newington VA Medical Center, Newington, CT, USA

    Khalid Aziz MBBS, MRCP (UK), MRCP (IRE), FACG

  2. University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

    George Y. Wu MD, PhD

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Rothe, M.J., Bialy, T.L., Grant-Kels, J.M. (2002). Screening for Skin Cancer. In: Aziz, K., Wu, G.Y. (eds) Cancer Screening. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-191-6_11

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