Structure and Function of the Nail Unit

Nails

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 13-25

  Fleckman, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-141602356-2.50009-8     Document Type: Chapter

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