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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by human enterovirus 71 preceded the development of onychomadesis three weeks after recovery in a seven-year-old boy.
Case report describing onychomadesis following hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by human enterovirus 71.
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Onychomadesis may follow EV71 HFMD in children; extends known associations but leaves causal link open.
A seven-year-old boy presented with a four-week history of nail shedding. The patient developed nail changes three weeks after recovering from hand-foot-and-mouth disease diagnosed by rectal swab, which was positive for human enterovirus 71. Initially, a grey-white patch appeared on the bottom of
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Gan et al. (2017) studied this question. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease caused by human enterovirus 71 preceded the development of onychomadesis three weeks after recovery in a seven-year-old boy.
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