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Review Article| Volume 41, ISSUE 1, P163-174, January 2023

Approaches to Tumors of the Nail Unit and Genitalia

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    Kishan M. Shah
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    Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5939 Harry Hines Boulevard, 4th Floor Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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    Kevin Y. Shi
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    Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5939 Harry Hines Boulevard, 4th Floor Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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  • Rajiv I. Nijhawan
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  • Divya Srivastava
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Published:October 27, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.det.2022.07.016

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