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  1. Clinique Dermatologique, Université de Strasbourg/Faculté de Médecine, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 place de l’Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg, France

    Bernard Cribier

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    Bruce R. Smoller

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Battistella, M., Cribier, B. (2010). Calcification and Ossification. In: Smoller, B., Rongioletti, F. (eds) Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Skin Diseases in Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional and Deposition Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-181-3_21

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