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An unusual congenital nail dystrophy (‘soft nail disease’)
Author(s) -
PRANDI GIORGIO,
CACCIALANZA MASSIMO
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1977.tb02567.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nail (fastener) , dermatology , library science , general surgery , humanities , art , materials science , computer science , metallurgy
Summary An unusual, congenital, non‐familial anomaly of all finger and toe nails was observed in a 33‐year‐old woman. The presence of an atrophic nail plate, which was very soft, has led us to call this condition ‘soft nail disease’. Histological and histochemical investigations have shown this to be an anatomical and functional defect of the nail matrix which is of unknown origin.