Genital dermatitis in a transgender patient returning from Thailand: A diagnostic challenge.

Travel Med Infect Dis

Park Nicollet Health Services, Department of Dermatology, 7550 34th Ave S, Suite #101, Minneapolis, MN, 55450, USA; University of Minnesota, Department of Dermatology, 516 Delaware St. SE, Mail Code 98, Phillips-Wangensteen Bldg, Suite 4-240, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.

Published: April 2019

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