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The Journal of Investigative Dermatology (1948) 10, 447–453; doi:10.1038/jid.1948.55

Copper Undecylenate in the Treatment of Dermatomycoses1

Frank C Combes MD, Ruth Zuckerman MD and Arthur Bobroff MD

1 From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, New York University College of Medicine and the Third (New York University) Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City.

Received 27 January 1948.

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