Mycotic Leukonychia in HIV Patients
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Nail changes in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. A prospective controlled study.
OBJECTIVES To study the frequency of nail changes in a population of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients and to evaluate the specificity of these findings by comparison with HIV-negative control subjects. DESIGN Prospective controlled study. Nail changes were recorded by a standardized clinical examination (curvature, nail plate, color, onychomycosis). In case of clinical dia...
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