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  1. Ranju Rai1,
  2. Amrita Ahluwalia2,
  3. N M Sharma2,
  4. Inderjeet Kaur3,
  5. Bhushan Kumar3
  1. 1Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  2. 2State AIDS Control Society, UT Chandigarh
  3. 3Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  1. Dr Bhushan Kumar, Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, PGIMER, Chandigarh - 160 012, India kumarbhushan{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.77.5.390-b

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