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The Management of Keloids: Hands-On Versus Hands-Off
James Studdiford, Amber Stonehouse, Marc Altshuler and Elliot Rinzler
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine March 2008, 21 (2) 149-152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.02.070011
James Studdiford
MD
Amber Stonehouse
MD
Marc Altshuler
MD
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Vol. 21, Issue 2
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The Management of Keloids: Hands-On Versus Hands-Off
James Studdiford, Amber Stonehouse, Marc Altshuler, Elliot Rinzler
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Mar 2008, 21 (2) 149-152; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.02.070011
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