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  1. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1475 NW 12th Ave., Suite 2175, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

    Stephanie Mlacker BS & Antonella Tosti MD

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  1. Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA

    Antonella Tosti

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

    Tracey C. Vlahovic

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

    Roberto Arenas

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Mlacker, S., Tosti, A. (2017). White Superficial Onychomycosis. In: Tosti, A., Vlahovic, T., Arenas, R. (eds) Onychomycosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44853-4_4

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