Diseases of the generative nail apparatus. Part I: Nail matrix.
Disorders of the generative structures of the nail produce a characteristic set of outcomes. The matrix is the seat of nail development and diseases or insults of this germinative epithelium will tell a story in the signs that unfold in the ensuing nail growth. This story will be influenced by the intensity, duration and extent of this pathology. A method of categorizing changes associated with the generative matrix of the nail will be presented.
Nicolopoulos
Jenny
J
Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
Goodman
Greg J
GJ
Howard
Anne
A
D006801:Humans; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009262:Nails / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology