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Images in paediatrics
Lupus vulgaris and disseminated BCG
  1. Sarah Band1,
  2. Francis J Gilchrist2,3
  1. 1 Paediatric Department, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
  2. 2 Institute of Applied Clinical Science, Keele University, Keele, UK
  3. 3 Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sarah Band, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG, UK; sarah.band{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-321491

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    • Contributors FJG is the lead consultant for this child. SB wrote the first draft of this article. SB and FJG edited subsequent drafts and have both approved the final version.

    • 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; internally peer reviewed.

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