Subcutaneous nodule in a young girl: a diagnostic dilemma.

Clin Pediatr (Phila)

Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, 601 Children's Lane, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA.

Published: September 2006

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