Presentation @ Amsterdam ISTD www.telederm2010.com Disrupting dermatology

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Alexander Börve MD
Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg
Sweden
alexander@iDoc24.se
Mobile Teledermatology in Sweden

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• Alexander Börve is an orthopaedic surgeon
at Sahlgrenska University Hospital,
Gothenburg, Sweden
• Alexander Börve is the owner of iDoc24 AB

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