A case of congenital onychoheterotopia on both fifth fingers.
The present report illustrates the extremely rare clinical features of congenital onychoheterotopia (ectopic nail). The amino-acid composition of congenital ectopic nail was estimated, and the surface of nail clippings was compared to the patient's normal nail using scanning electron microscopy.
Aoki
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K
Department of Dermatology, Saitama Central Hospital, Japan.
Hataba
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D000328:Adult; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009262:Nails / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009264:Nails, Malformed
D000596:Amino Acids