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Occupational Nail Disorders

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The nail plate emerges from beneath the proximal nail fold, which adheres closely to the nail for a short distance and forms a transverse strip of desquamating tissue, the cuticle (first area of weakness), which seals the nail cul-de-sac. The matrix from which the nail is derived extends approximately 6 mm under the proximal nail fold, but its most distal part is visible as the white semicircular lunula. For most of its length, the nail plate, which has a loose attachment to the matrix, lies distally on a firmly adherent nail bed of highly vascular connective tissue containing glomus organs. It is colorless but translucent, transmitting the pink color of the underlying nail bed. The nail bed epithelium presents with parallel longitudinal rete ridges.

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  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Erfurter Str. 35, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Occupational Dermatology and the National Institute for Working Life, Karolinska Hospital, 11776, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0989, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Baran, R. (2004). Occupational Nail Disorders. In: Kanerva, L., Elsner, P., Wahlberg, J.E., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18556-4_11

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