Pitfall in pigmentation: Pseudopods in the nail plate

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 966-967

  Haas, Norbert ^a   Henz, Beate Maria ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSIDERIN; MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NAIL BED; NAIL PIGMENTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; PUNCH BIOPSY; TOE;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036800856     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2002.02063.x     Document Type: Article

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