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Cervico-Facial Pigmentation (Melanosis of Riehl-Poikiloderma)*

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Translator's Note. On a recent visit to Paris I was struck by the number of women suffering from diffuse pigmentation of the face. I saw my first cases in the streets and only learnt the nature of the condition when I visited the hospitals, where it is a commonplace in all dermatological clinics.

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GARNIER, G. Cervico-Facial Pigmentation (Melanosis of Riehl-Poikiloderma)*. Nature 156, 163–165 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156163a0

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