Nail changes in connective tissue diseases: Do nail changes provide clues for the diagnosis?

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-503

  Tunc, S Eercan ^a   Ertam, I ^b   Pirildar, T ^c   Turk, T ^d   Ozturk, M ^a   Doganavsargil, E ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d DENIZLI STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capillary loops in proximal nailfold; Connective tissue diseases; Dermatomyositis polymyositis; Erythema of proximal nailfold; Nail changes; Periungual erythema; Primary Sj gren's syndrome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Splinter haemorrhages; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic sclerosis; Thinnail plates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CAPILLARIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; POLYMYOSITIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 33947361894     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.02012.x     Document Type: Article

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