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Event
780 Mission Street San Francisco, California USA
The 3rd Annual Vitiligo Working Group Meeting will take place at Marriott Marquis San Francisco hotel on Thursday, March 19, 2015. Abstract session will be held in Yerba Buena Salon from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM PST.
Please R.S.V.P. for this event before March 1st via http://goo.gl/forms/1r0DIrjYNM
All abstract submissions are due on January 30th, 2015.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Iltefat Hamzavi or Dr. Angie Parks-Miller, Vitiligo Working Group Coordinator at aparks1@hfhs.org
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