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Nail Surface Topography and Onychochronobiology

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Nail surface changes are observed during aging and in some chronic inflammatory dermatoses. Descriptive terms are commonly used, but quantitative analytic measurements are welcome to increase sensitivity, precision, and reproducibility of observations. Bioinstrumentation, particularly optical profilometry, allows both static and repetitive assessments in time in order to derive aspects of onychochronobiology.

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This work was supported by a grant from the “Fonds d’Investissement de la Recherche Scientifique” of the University Hospital of Liège. No other sources of funding were used to assist in the preparation of this manuscript. The authors have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this review. The authors appreciate the excellent secretarial assistance of Mrs. Ida Leclercq and Marie Pugliese.

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  1. Laboratory of Skin exhibit and Imaging, Department of Dermatopathology, University Hospital of Liège, CHU SartTilman, Liège, B-4000, Belgium

    Gérald E. Piérard MD, PhD & Claudine Piérard-Franchimont

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  1. Clinical Dermatology, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, Rome, Roma, Italy

    Enzo Berardesca

  2. Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Piérard, G.E., Piérard-Franchimont, C. (2014). Nail Surface Topography and Onychochronobiology. In: Berardesca, E., Maibach, H., Wilhelm, KP. (eds) Non Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in Clinical Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32109-2_40

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