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  1. 1st University Clinic of Dermatology and Venereology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Andreas Katsambas MD & Efthymia Soura

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    Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo

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Katsambas, A., Soura, E. (2017). Quality of Life in Melasma. In: Handog, E., Enriquez-Macarayo, M. (eds) Melasma and Vitiligo in Brown Skin. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3664-1_18

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