[Periungual lesions in a traveler returning from South America].

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin

Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, España.

Published: October 2008

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