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Purpura on the truncus and extremities
  1. Ryutaro Tanizaki1,
  2. Masaki Oya2,
  3. Yousuke Takemura3
  1. 1Department of Community Medicine, IGA, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu-city, Mie, Japan
  2. 2General Medicine, Nabari City Hospital, Nabari-city, Mie, Japan
  3. 3Department of Family Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu-city, Mie, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ryutaro Tanizaki, General Medicine, Nabari City Hospital, West 1st-178, Yurigaoka, Nabari-city, Mie 518-0481, Japan; rtanizak20{at}clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2016-205777

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