Pterygium Inversum Unguis: Report of an Extensive Case With Good Therapeutic Response to Hydroxypropyl Chitosan and Review of the Literature

March 2013 | Volume 12 | Issue 3 | Case Reports | 344 | Copyright © March 2013


Roberta Marinho Falcão Gondim MD PhD,a,b Pedro Bezerra da Trindade Neto MD PhD,a and Robert Baran MDc

aDepartment of Dermatology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brazil bFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade Potiguar, Natal-RN, Brazil cNail Disease Center, Cannes, France

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DISCLOSURES

The authors have no relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Roberta Marinho Falcão Gondim PhDrobertamarinhomed@gmail.com