ReviewAmerican journal of clinical dermatology2022
Leukonychia: What Can White Nails Tell Us?
Review in American journal of clinical dermatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- [Cutaneous presentation of digestive tract disorders and liver disease].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- True leukonychia: case reports and review of the literature.Dermatology reports · 2026Article
- Half-and-Half Nails and Terry's Nails: Distinct Nail Manifestations of the Same Underlying Chronic Kidney Disease.Balkan medical journal · 2026Article
- A novel presentation of minocycline-induced nail discoloration: A case report.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2026Article
- [Leukonychia following laser therapy for onychomycosis].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Acquired leukonychia with lichenoid papules.JAAD case reports · 2025Article
- Clinical and Onychoscopy Patterns In Fingernail Onychomycosis - A Study By The International Dermoscopy Society "Trichoscopy and Onychoscopy" Task Force.Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2025Article
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- Dermoscopic Nail Changes in Psoriasis, Lichen Planus, and Lichen Striatus.Skin appendage disorders · 2024Review
- Alopecia Areata of the Nails: Diagnosis and Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Exposome Impact on Nail Health.Skin appendage disorders · 2024Review
- True leukonychia as the presenting sign of early thromboangiitis obliterans.JAAD case reports · 2024Article
- Identification of a novel homozygous missense mutation in the Phospholipase C, delta-1 gene associated with leukonychia in a Middle Eastern patient.JAAD case reports · 2024Article
- Treatment of Hereditary Leukonychia with Intramatricial Triamcinolone: A Case Report.Case reports in dermatologyArticle
- Subungual onycholemmal cysts presenting as longitudinal leukonychya: a case report and review of literature.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Changes in nail color can provide important clues of underlying systemic and skin disease. In particular, white discoloration (leukonychia) has a high prevalence with a wide array of potential relevant causes, from simple manicure habits to life-threatening liver or kidney failure. Therefore, a reliable assessment of the patient with leukonychia is essential. In the past, two classifications for leukonychia have been presented. The morphological classifies the nail according to the distribution of the white lines: total, partial, transversal, and longitudinal leukonychia. Mees' and Muehrcke's lines are examples of transversal leukonychia, while Terry's and Lindsay's nails are examples of total and partial leukonychia. The anatomical classifies according to the structure responsible for the white color: the nail plate in true leukonychia, the nail bed in apparent leukonychia, and the surface only in pseudoleukonychia. In this review, both morphological and anatomical features have been combined in an algorithm that enables clinicians to approach leukonychia efficiently and effectively.
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