title: Nailing a key assessment. Learn the significance of certain nail anomalies.
abstract: Discover how a patient's fingernails can point out specific health problems.
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Stanley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000451:nursing / Q000473:pathology; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000473:pathology*; D009262:Nails / Q000473:pathology*; D009730:Nursing Assessment