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This chapter addresses clinical and dermoscopic features according to the phototype (fair vs dark skin) of the following viral dermatoses: common warts, plantar warts, flat warts, genital warts, and molluscum contagiosum.

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Usatine, R.P., Lallas, A., Errichetti, E. (2023). Viral Infections. In: Errichetti, E., Usatine, R.P., Ankad, B.S., Lallas, A. (eds) Clinical and Dermoscopic Atlas of Non-Neoplastic Dermatoses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19688-1_17

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