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Supravenous hyperpigmentation, transverse leuconychia and transverse melanonychia after chemotherapy for Hodgkin's

K Lang1, M Groeger, N J Neumann

  • 1Department of Dermatology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. kerstin.lang@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV
|June 6, 2002
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