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Nail apparatus melanoma: Is trauma a coincidence? Is this peculiar tumor a real acral melanoma?

P. A. FantiInternal Medicine Aging and Nephrologic Disease Department, Dermatology Division, Ospedale Sant’Orsola – Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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E. DikaInternal Medicine Aging and Nephrologic Disease Department, Dermatology Division, Ospedale Sant’Orsola – Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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C. MiscialiInternal Medicine Aging and Nephrologic Disease Department, Dermatology Division, Ospedale Sant’Orsola – Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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S. VaccariInternal Medicine Aging and Nephrologic Disease Department, Dermatology Division, Ospedale Sant’Orsola – Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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A. BarisaniInternal Medicine Aging and Nephrologic Disease Department, Dermatology Division, Ospedale Sant’Orsola – Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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B. M. PiracciniInternal Medicine Aging and Nephrologic Disease Department, Dermatology Division, Ospedale Sant’Orsola – Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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G. CavrinFaculty of Statistics, University of Bologna, Italy
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H. I. MaibachDepartment of Dermatology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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A. PatriziInternal Medicine Aging and Nephrologic Disease Department, Dermatology Division, Ospedale Sant’Orsola – Malpighi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Pages 150-153 | Received 31 Aug 2012, Accepted 06 Oct 2012, Published online: 16 Nov 2012

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