List of Contributors

vii

Preface

ix

List of Abbreviations

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1

Science of the Nail Apparatus   David A.R. de Berker and Robert Baran

1

2

Physical Signs   Adam I. Rubin and Robert Baran

51

3

Imaging the Nail Unit   Luc Thomas, Myriam Vaudaine, Ximena Wortsman, Gregor B.E. Jemec and Jean-Luc Drape

101

4

The Nail in Childhood and Old Age   David A.R. de Berker, Bertrand Rkhert and Robert Baran

183

5

Fungal (Onychomycosis) and Other Infections Involving the Nail Apparatus   Roderick J. Hay and Robert Baran

211

6

The Nail in Dermatological Disease   Mark Holzberg and Robert Baran

257

7

The Nail in Systemic Disease   Mark Holzberg

315

8

Drug-induced Nail Changes   Robert Baran, Bruno Fouilloux and Caroline Robert

413

9

Occupational Abnormalities and Contact Dermatitis   Robert Baran and Richard J.G. Rycroft

443

10

Cosmetics: the Care and Adornment of the Nail   Douglas Schoon and Robert Baran

471

11

Hereditary and Congenital Nail Disorders   Smail Hadj-Rabia, Lennart fuhlin and Robert Baran

485

12

Nail Surgery and Traumatic Abnormalities   Luc Thomas, Blvin G. Zook, Timothy J. Rosio, Rodney P.R. Dawber, Eckart Haneke and Robert Baran

549

13

Tumors of the Nail Apparatus and Adjacent Tissues   Luc Thomas, Elvin G. Zook, Eckart Haneke, Jean-Luc Drape and Robert Baran (with the participation ofjiirgen F. Kreusch)

637

Appendix

Differential Diagnosis of Nail Findings   Mark Holzberg

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Index

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