title: Nail changes in cutaneous disease.
abstract: Nail involvement in cutaneous disease provides the clinician with diagnostic clues, and may be of great cosmetic significance to patients. Nail manifestations of the most common and/or important cutaneous diseases are discussed. Photographic illustrations of these changes are also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kvedar
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Baden
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009264:Nails, Malformed; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications*