Cutaneous Lesions in a COVID-19 Patient Leading to a Surprising Diagnosis

Overview

Journal Breathe (Sheff)

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2023 Jun 28

PMID 37378064

Authors

Kalliopi Tsakiri

Konstantinos Ouranos

Christina Nikolaidou

Savvas Papadopoulos

Anna Andreadou

Eleni Mouloudi

Eleni Massa

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Abstract

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