Nail signs of systemic conditions
Kabongo, M.L.; Bedell, A.W.
American Family Physician 36(4): 109-116
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-838X PMID: 3314434 Document Number: 293704
A systematic examination of the nails provides clues to many vascular, nutritional, endocrine and infectious diseases, connective tissue disorders and intrinsic skin diseases. Variations in color and shape, swelling, abnormal blood vessels, bands, indentations and ridges, as well as separation of the nail plate, may be signs of systemic disease.
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