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Ochronosis
  1. Abhishek Zanwar,
  2. Sanat Phatak,
  3. Ramnath Misra
  1. Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sanat Phatak, Department of Clinical Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareilly Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226014, India; sanatphatak{at}gmail.com

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134174

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    • Contributors AZ, SP and RM were involved in patient care. AZ and SP prepared the manuscript and performed the necessary literature search while RM reviewed the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

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

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