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Stockfleth, E. (2010). Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Situ. In: Stockfleth, E., Rosen, T., Shumack, S. (eds) Managing Skin Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79347-2_4

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