Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 101-104 , March 2006

Impetigo herpetiformis

  • Oumeish Youssef Oumeish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. PO Box: 65 Prince Rashid Suburb, Amman 11831-Jordan. Tel.: +962 6 4640640; fax: +962 6 4640640.
    • ,
  • Jennifer L. Parish, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.10.009

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 101-104 , March 2006

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