Open AccessPsoriatic transversal nail grooves on biologics
Author(s) -
Yamanaka Keiichi,
Kondo Makoto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4606
Subject(s) - medicine , ixekizumab , nail matrix , nail (fastener) , psoriasis , dermatology , psoriatic arthritis , transversal (combinatorics) , nail disease , onycholysis , nail plate , mathematical analysis , materials science , mathematics , metallurgy , secukinumab
We noticed transverse grooves on the nails of a psoriasis vulgaris patient being treated with ixekizumab. The indentation might have appeared during the period when the effective concentration of ixekizumab was low and psoriasis activity in the nail matrix had increased shortly before the monthly dose.