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  1. Department of Dermatology, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, 2205 Civic Drive, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines, 1780

    Evangeline B. Handog

  2. Department of Dermatology, Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Pampanga, Philippines

    Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo

  3. Department of Dermatology, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines

    Ricky Hipolito

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Handog, E.B., Enriquez-Macarayo, M.J., Hipolito, R. (2017). Botanicals in Melasma. In: Handog, E., Enriquez-Macarayo, M. (eds) Melasma and Vitiligo in Brown Skin. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3664-1_13

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