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Crowdfunding to alleviate financial burdens among patients with epidermolysis bullosa

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  1. Subin Lim and Iain Encarnacion were denoted as co-first authors.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Subin Lim, Iain Encarnacion & Robert J. Smith

  2. Department of Dermatology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 719 Thompson Lane, Suite 26300, Nashville, TN, 37204, USA

    Katie A. O’Connell

  3. Department of Dermatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Robert J. Smith

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SL and IC collected the data and wrote the manuscript. SL also assisted in data analysis and the preparation of Table 1 and Figure 1. KO analyzed data prepared in Table 1. KO also made significant contributions by assisting with manuscript preparation and revision. RS guided and supervised the entire process of data collection, analysis, and manuscript preparation. RS also made significant contributions by editing the manuscript, table, and figure. All authors thoroughly reviewed and approved the manuscript.

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Lim, S., Encarnacion, I., O’Connell, K.A. et al. Crowdfunding to alleviate financial burdens among patients with epidermolysis bullosa. Arch Dermatol Res 316, 25 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02781-5

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