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. 2018 Mar 2;8(1):e2018014.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2018.014. eCollection 2018 Jan-Mar.

Muehrcke's lines

Nuno Teixeira Tavares  1 , Andreia Costa  1 , Margarida Damasceno  1
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Muehrcke's lines

Nuno Teixeira Tavares et al. Autops Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Antineoplastic Agents; Breast Neoplasms; Hypoalbuminemia; Nail Diseases.

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Conflict of interest: None

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. A – Muehrcke’s lines shown in the fingernails of both hands; B – Muehrcke’s lines in detail.
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