Periorbital petechiae after emesis in a young woman.

CMAJ

Department of Dermatovenereology (Zhang, Chen) and Institute of Dermatology (Xu), Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.

Published: March 2023

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