CLINICAL CASE

Difficulties in differential diagnosis of cutaneous manifestations in patients with coronavirus infection

About authors

1 Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology of FMBA of Russia, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Tatiana A. Gaydina
Ostrovityanova, 1, Moscow, 117997; ur.xednay@924cod

About paper

Compliance with ethical standards: the patient gave informed consent to medical treatment and publication of this case report.

Author contribution: Tairova RT, Gaydina TA: interpretation of the obtained data, manuscript draft; Dvornikov AS: literature analysis; Tazartukova AD: interpretation of the obtained data; Lyang OV: manuscript draft.

Received: 2020-09-23 Accepted: 2020-10-08 Published online: 2020-10-21
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