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Ludatscher, R.M., Friedman-Birnbaum, R., Bergman, R. et al. Structural alterations of collagen fibrils in the reactive type of elastosis perforans serpiginosa. Arch Dermatol Res 280, 319–322 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00440606
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