Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 105-108 , March 2006

Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy: polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PUPPP)

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doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.10.010

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 105-108 , March 2006

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