Nail: a window to systemic disease
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Nail Abnormalities: Clues to Systemic Disease - American Family Physician
lem causing growth disturbance may lead to the formation of transverse lines across the nail plate, as in Mees’, Muehrcke’s, and Beau’s lines (Figure 2). Changes in the configuration of the capillaries in the proximal nail bed are responsible for some of the alterations that occur in patients with connective tissue disorders, while abnormalities in the periosteal vessels contribute to clubbing....
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Dermatology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2455-4529
DOI: 10.18203/issn.2455-4529.intjresdermatol20191774