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The dermoscopic pattern of blue nevi involving the nail apparatus

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  1. State Dermatology Department, Hippokratio Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Zoe Apalla

  2. First Dermatology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Aimilios Lallas

  3. Dermatology Department, University of Modena, Modena, Italy

    Caterina Longo

  4. Microdiagnostics private pathology laboratory, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Matthaios Bobos

  5. Dermatology — Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES) Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Michela Starace & Bianca Maria Piraccini

  6. Second Dermatology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Elizabeth Lazaridou

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Apalla, Z., Lallas, A., Longo, C. et al. The dermoscopic pattern of blue nevi involving the nail apparatus. Eur J Dermatol 30, 192–194 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2020.3726

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