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Twelve cases of tinea unguium in a pediatric clinic in 9 years

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Tinea of the nails is not an exclusively adult pathology. The pediatrician should include this entity in the differential diagnosis.

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  1. Servei de Pediatria, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Passeig Maritim 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    A. Martinez Roig

  2. URMEC (Experimental and Clinical Mycology Research Unit) IMIM/IMAS, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    J. M. Torres Rodriguez

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Martinez Roig, A., Torres Rodriguez, J.M. Twelve cases of tinea unguium in a pediatric clinic in 9 years. Eur J Pediatr 166, 975–977 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0332-8

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