Crusted Facial Lesions on a Child

Nisrine N. Makarem, MD

American Family Physician. 2024;110(5):531-532.

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NISRINE N. MAKAREM, MD, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Address correspondence to Nisrine N. Makarem, MD, at nm68@aub.edu.lb

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