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Onychomadesis in a male patient with secondary syphilis

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS (2016)

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS

Volume 27, Issue 8, Pages 704-705

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DOI: 10.1177/0956462416628703

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