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Original Article

Laser treatment of onychomycosis using a novel 0.65-millisecond pulsed Nd:YAG 1064-nm laser

Pages 2-5 | Received 20 Nov 2010, Accepted 26 Dec 2010, Published online: 21 Jan 2011

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