Slideshow: What Your Nails Say About Your Health

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REFERENCES:
American Academy of Dermatology.
American Family Physician.
Christine Laine, MD, MPH, senior deputy editor, Annals of Internal Medicine; spokesman, American College of Physicians.
Joshua Fox, MD, director, Advanced Dermatology; spokesman, American Academy of Dermatology.
Mount Sinai Medical Center.
National Skin Centre.
Tamara Lior, MD, dermatologist, Cleveland Clinic Florida.
Reviewed by Debra Jaliman, MD on June 02, 2020
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