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Proximal Nail Fold Abnormalities
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Proximal Nail Fold Abnormalities

Antonella Tosti, Ralph Daniel, Bianca Maria Piraccini and Matilde Iorizzo
Color Atlas of Nails, pp.63-73
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2009-07-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79050-1_11

Abstract

Nail Plate Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Lichen Planus Pyogenic Granuloma Connective Tissue Disorder
Paronychia is an inflammatory disorder affecting the proximal and lateral nail folds, which normally protect the nail matrix from the environment. It is a very common fingernail affection, three times more common in women than in men and occurring at any age.

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