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Review Article| Volume 50, ISSUE 3, P357-366, July 2019

Subungual Melanoma

  • Travis W. Littleton
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. 3333 Forbes Avenue, Apartment 1216, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
    Affiliations
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, USA
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  • Peter M. Murray
    Affiliations
    Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road South #378, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA

    Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road South #378, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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  • Author Footnotes
    1 Present address: UPMC South Hills, 1300 Oxford Drive, Suite 1200, Bethel Park, PA 15102.
    Mark E. Baratz
    Footnotes
    1 Present address: UPMC South Hills, 1300 Oxford Drive, Suite 1200, Bethel Park, PA 15102.
    Affiliations
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15237, USA
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    1 Present address: UPMC South Hills, 1300 Oxford Drive, Suite 1200, Bethel Park, PA 15102.

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