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. 2015 Nov-Dec;60(6):621-2.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.169145.

Aquired Ectopic Nail or Onychoheterotopia

Ananta Khurana  1 , Virendra N Sehgal  2
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Aquired Ectopic Nail or Onychoheterotopia

Ananta Khurana et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2015 Nov-Dec.
No abstract available

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Ectopic nail affecting the dorsa of the index finger
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