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Dermoscopy of the Nail Plate, Nail Matrix, and Nail Bed

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Di Chiacchio, N., Bet, D.L., Di Chiacchio, N.G. (2017). Dermoscopy of the Nail Plate, Nail Matrix, and Nail Bed. In: Di Chiacchio, N., Tosti, A. (eds) Melanonychias. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44993-7_4

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