title: Idiopathic atrophy of the nails. A clinico-pathological study.
abstract: The clinical and histological appearances of four cases of idiopathic atrophy of the nails are described. The findings do not support previous contentions that lichen planus is the underlying pathological process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Slade Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Barth
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Millard
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dawber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009262:Nails / Q000473:pathology*