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September 2011 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” A man developed a skin cancer called folliculotropic mycosis fungoides after a kidney transplant.
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Lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia are likely the same disease with different clinical appearances.
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