Trachyonychia: A case report and review of manifestations, associations, and treatments

Cutis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-302

  Scheinfeld, Noah S ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUDROXYCORTIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; LICHEN PLANUS; MORPHOLOGY; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; TRACHYONYCHIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; NAIL; PATHOLOGY;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS;

EID: 0038335158     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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