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  1. Mycology Section, Dr. Manuel Gea González General Hospital, México, DF, México

    Roberto Arenas, Diana C. Vega & Julieta Ruiz-Esmenjaud

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    Antonella Tosti

  2. Department of Podiatric Medicine, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Tracey C. Vlahovic

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    Roberto Arenas

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Arenas, R., Vega, D.C., Ruiz-Esmenjaud, J. (2017). Direct Microscopy and Culture: What You Need to Know. In: Tosti, A., Vlahovic, T., Arenas, R. (eds) Onychomycosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44853-4_10

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