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Erythema gyratum repens: a pathogenetic mystery and therapeutic challenge

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), General Skobelev Nr 79, 1606, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Georgi Tchernev,  Nadezhda Georgieva Vidolova,  Bogdana Ivanova &  Hristo Mangarov

  2. “Onkoderma” – Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, General Skobelev 26 blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria

    Georgi Tchernev & Anastasiya Atanasova Chokoeva

  3. Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    Anastasiya Atanasova Chokoeva

  4. Department for Clinical Gastroenterology, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), General Skobelev Nr 79, 1606, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Diana Nikolovska MD

  5. Department of Pathology, University of Virginia Health System, 1215 Lee Street, 800214, 22908, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    James W. Patterson MD

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G. Tchernev, A. A. Chokoeva, N. G. Vidolova, B. Ivanova, H. Mangarov, D. Nikolovska, and J. W. Patterson declare that they have no competing interests.

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Tchernev, G., Chokoeva, A.A., Vidolova, N.G. et al. Erythema gyratum repens: a pathogenetic mystery and therapeutic challenge. Wien Med Wochenschr 167, 117–119 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-016-0513-7

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