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Equity for Sexual and Gender Diverse Persons in Medicine and Dermatology

  • Julia L. Gao
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03766
    Affiliations
    The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA

    Department of Dermatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA

    George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA
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  • Kanika Kamal
    Affiliations
    Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Klint Peebles
    Affiliations
    Department of Dermatology, Kaiser-Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, 1221 Mercantile Lane, Largo, MD 20774, USA
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Published:February 01, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.det.2022.10.001

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