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- Title
Lichen Nitidus Associated with Nail Changes.
- Authors
Natarajan, S.; Dick, David C.
- Abstract
The article presents information that lichen nitidus is associated with nail changes. Lichen nitidus is such a rare disorder that, in one study (a 25-year survey of nonsyphilitic skin diseases in blacks), only four cases were found among 11,729 patients (a prevalence of 0.034%). Reports of nail involvement in lichen nitidus are very sparse in the dermatologic literature. In lichen planus, damage to the nail plate is the result of involvement of the nail matrix in the disease process and the mechanism of nail damage in lichen nitidus is probably similar.
- Subjects
NAIL diseases; SKIN diseases; LICHEN planus; DERMATOLOGY; NAIL manifestations of general diseases; NAILS (Anatomy)
- Publication
International Journal of Dermatology, 1986, Vol 25, Issue 7, p461
- ISSN
0011-9059
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-4362.1986.tb03455.x