Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 63-66 , March 2008

Cercarial Dermatitis

  • Chao-Hwei Wang
    • ,
  • Chung-Hsing Chang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Dermatology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 23 May 2007 ,Revised 8 August 2007 ,Accepted 3 September 2007.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60010-5

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60010-5

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 63-66 , March 2008

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