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Miscellanea
Images in paediatrics
Dramatic case of paediatric pyoderma gangrenosum
  1. Jingsi Chen,
  2. Hua Wang,
  3. Faliang Ren
  1. Department of Dermatology, Chongqing Medical University Affiliated Children's Hospital, Chongqing, China
  1. Correspondence to Dr Faliang Ren, Dermatology, Chongqing Medical University Affiliated Children's Hospital, Chongqing, China; renfaliang{at}hospital.cqmu.edu.cn

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320598

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    • Contributors JC and HW wrote the manuscript in consultation with FR.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.