title: Chevron nails: a normal variant in the pediatric population.
abstract: A 7-month-old girl was evaluated for V-shaped ridging of the fingernails consistent with chevron nails. Chevron nails are a normal variant in the pediatric population that is frequently outgrown. This case nicely demonstrates this normal finding that has so rarely been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delano
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belazarian
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009262:Nails / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000473:pathology*; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000473:pathology*