Pistachio nut shell as a nail substitute to improve function in patients with nail lichen planus
Mohit Kumar Gupta1, Shari R Lipner2
1State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, United States.
International Journal of Women'S Dermatology
|July 5, 2021
Abstract
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