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A Boy with Sapphire Thumbnails: Lunulae Ceruleae

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The authors would like to thank the parents of the children reported here for consenting to report the case.

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GPP: Conceived the idea, did literature search, and drafted the manuscript. MK: Reviewed the manuscript and will act as guarantor for this paper. MK and SG: Contributed equally in literature search. All authors were involved in the management of the cases and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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  1. Child Developmental Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and KLES Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

    Mahesh Kamate

  2. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and KLES Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum, 590010, Karnataka, India

    Gowda Parameshwar Prashanth

  3. Department of Dermatology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and KLES Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

    Sunil Gandhi

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Kamate, M., Prashanth, G.P. & Gandhi, S. A Boy with Sapphire Thumbnails: Lunulae Ceruleae . Indian J Pediatr 81, 737–738 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-014-1341-7

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