Nails In Older Individuals

Nails

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 245-264

  Cohen, Philip R ^a   Scher, Richard K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

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EID: 84882869986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-141602356-2.50028-1     Document Type: Chapter

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