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White piedra and pediculosis capitis in the same patient

Silvio Alencar Marques1, Virgínia Bodelão Richini-Pereira, Rosângela Maria Pires de Camargo

  • 1Department of Dermatology and Radiotherapy, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, SP, Brazil. smarques@fmb.unesp.br

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|October 10, 2012
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