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Vol. 15. Issue 1.
Pages 90-91 (January - February 2011)
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Severe vasculonecrotic erythema nodosum leprosum following thalidomide withdrawal without tapering doses: do we have something unusual?
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Vikram K. Mahajan1,
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Correspondence to: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy Dr. RP Govt. Medical College Kangra (Tanda)-176001 (Himachal Pradesh) India.
, Pushpinder S. Chauhan2, Nand Lal Sharma3, Anju L. Sharma4, Karaninder S. Mehta5
1 Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College Kangra (Tanda), India
2 Senior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College Kangra (Tanda), India
3 Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College Kangra (Tanda), India
4 Senior Resident, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College Kangra (Tanda), India
5 Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College Kangra (Tanda), India
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