title: Disorders of the nail unit.
abstract: Nail disorders are often given little regard in clinical practice. The myriad relations between nail disease and other disease entities merits each practitioner's attention. Whether the cause is heritable, infectious, post-traumatic, environmental, neoplastic, biomechanical, or secondary to systemic disease, podiatrists are in a unique position to examine, properly diagnose, and treat nail disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Albert
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004194:Disease; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D009262:Nails / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology / Q000293:injuries; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis