Rash in a School-Aged Child

Ramona Sharma, MD, FAAFP

American Family Physician. 2024;110(4):419-420.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

RAMONA SHARMA, MD, FAAFP, consultant at Mayo Clinic, Department of Family Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona

Address correspondence to Ramona Sharma, MD, FAAFP, at sharma.ramona@mayo.edu.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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