Travel burden on patients at a subspecialty hidradenitis suppurativa clinic: a single-center retrospective study.

Int J Womens Dermatol

Clinical Laboratory for Epidemiology and Applied Research in Skin (CLEARS), Department of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Published: December 2022

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