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Wound myiasis by housefly in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ohoud Khalid Alsaedi, Munahi Mohammed Alqahtani and Luluah Ali Al-Mubarak
Saudi Medical Journal September 2023, 44 (9) 940-943; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.9.20220938
Ohoud Khalid Alsaedi
From the Department of Dermatology and Dermatology Surgery (Alsaedi, Al-Mubarak), and from the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and neck Surgery (Alqahtani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, ArBD
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Munahi Mohammed Alqahtani
From the Department of Dermatology and Dermatology Surgery (Alsaedi, Al-Mubarak), and from the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and neck Surgery (Alqahtani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Luluah Ali Al-Mubarak
From the Department of Dermatology and Dermatology Surgery (Alsaedi, Al-Mubarak), and from the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and neck Surgery (Alqahtani), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ohoud Khalid Alsaedi, Munahi Mohammed Alqahtani, Luluah Ali Al-Mubarak
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Ohoud Khalid Alsaedi, Munahi Mohammed Alqahtani, Luluah Ali Al-Mubarak
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