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Vol. 100. Issue 4.
Pages 342-343 (May 2009)
Clinical science letters
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Dermatologists’ Approach to Lesions Suggestive of Onychomycosis of the Toenails
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B. Aranegui
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Beatriz.aranegui.arteaga@sergas.es

Correspondence: Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra-Hospital Provincial, C/ Loureiro Crespo, 2, 36001 Pontevedra, Spain.
, I. García-Doval, M. Cruces
Servicio de Dermatología, Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra-Hospital Provincial, Pontevedra, Spain
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