Subungual melanoma: A particularly invasive "onychomycosis" [5]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2094-2096

  De Giorgi, Vincenzo ^a   Sestini, Serena ^a   Massi, Daniela ^a   Panelos, John ^a   Papi, Federica ^a   Dini, Mario ^a   Lotti, Torello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPUTATION; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MELANOMA; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NAIL PIGMENTATION; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AGED; AMPUTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NAIL DISEASES; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; TOES;

EID: 36849076331     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01438.x     Document Type: Letter

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