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Occupational Nail Disorders

  • Robert Baran
  • An Goossens
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Abstract

Clinical reaction patterns mainly include variation in the contour of the nail, modification of the shape and alteration of the surface. Changes in the nail plate and soft tissue attachment may happen. Variation in the color of the nail or subungual tissue can be observed as well as distal bony phalanx anomalies.

Keywords

Trauma Paronychia Chromonychia Bacterial infections Viral infections Fungal infections 
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Notes

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the publisher for the permission to reproduce some of the tables which appeared in Rycroft and Baran R (Wiley-Blackwell 5th edition).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Nail Disease CenterCannesFrance
  2. 2.Contact Allergy Unit, Department of DermatologyUniversity Hospital K.U. LeuvenLeuvenBelgium

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