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Journal of Dermatological Treatment Volume 27, 2016 - Issue 5
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Infectious Disease

An open comparative study of nail drilling as adjunctive treatment for toenail onychomycosis*

A. ShemerSackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel;
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A. K. GuptaDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ;Mediprobe Research Inc., London, Canada; Correspondence[email protected]
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B. AmichaiDepartment of Dermatology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel;
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R. FarhiUniversity Fundação Tecnico Educacional Souza Marques, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil;
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R. BaranNail Disease Center, Cannes, France;
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C. R. Daniel IIIDepartment of Dermatology, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, MS, USA; ;Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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D. DaigleMediprobe Research Inc., London, Canada;
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K. A. FoleyMediprobe Research Inc., London, Canada;
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Pages 480-483 | Received 28 Jul 2015, Accepted 14 Jan 2016, Published online: 31 Mar 2016

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