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This book suggests a new diagnostic approach to solve the myth of unexplainable pigmentations in the hidden area based on a clinicopathological study. The dilemma of of the three entities: Erythema Dyschromicum Perstans, Idiopathic Eruptive Macular Pigmentation and Lichen Planus Pigmentosus, finally resolved in a practical algorithmic approach that can be applied easily in the clinical practice.

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Consultant Dermatologist & Venereologist, Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq. Chairman of Al-Kindy Teaching Center of Dermatology & Venereology & Member in the National Scientific Council of the Arab board of Dermatology & Venereology.He had a more than 20 published scientific papers in his field of expertise in different global journals.

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