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. 2025 Sep 25:24:6-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdin.2025.09.002. eCollection 2026 Feb.

Low prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus in nail unit squamous cell carcinoma in Koreans using next-generation sequencing

Cheol Lee  1   2 , Ji Su Lee  3   4   5 , Sumi Yun  6 , Kyung-Ah Hwang  7 , Yoonjin Kwak  1   2 , Je-Ho Mun  3   5   8
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Low prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus in nail unit squamous cell carcinoma in Koreans using next-generation sequencing

Cheol Lee et al. JAAD Int. .
No abstract available

Keywords: HPV; high-throughput nucleotide sequencing; human papillomavirus viruses; nail unit squamous cell carcinoma; nails; squamous cell carcinoma.

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