title: Total congenital anonychia.
abstract: Total or partial absence of nails at birth is rare. Anonychia can be inherited as an autosomal dominant or recessive trait. An otherwise healthy 4-year-old boy whose parents were first-degree relatives was diagnosed with total congenital anonychia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ataturk Research and Training Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma Sule
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Afsar
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakuzu
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics