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War-Related Dermatoses

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The skin is the largest organ and the first defense barrier of the body. It can be affected during wars in many different ways including contact with chemical war agents (such as sulfur mustard, lewisite, and white phosphorus) and biological agents (such as anthrax and smallpox). Limb amputation is also a common lifelong sequelae of war traumas, which can lead to various skin problems.

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  1. Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases & Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Alireza Firooz & Mansour Nassiri-Kashani

  2. Department of Dermatology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    S. Masoud Davoudi

  3. Department of Dermatology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Razi Hospital, Tehran, Iran

    S. Naser Emadi

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  1. Department of Pathology, Univ of Rochester School of Med, Rochester, NY, USA

    Bruce Smoller

  2. Khorramshahr, Iran

    Nooshin Bagherani

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Firooz, A., Nassiri-Kashani, M., Davoudi, S.M., Emadi, S.N. (2018). War-Related Dermatoses. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45134-3_61-1

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