This book is designed to meet the need for a concise, easy-to-read text on how to approach and manage patients with nail diseases. The book opens with a description of nail anatomy and physiology, followed by a review of nail symptoms, divided according to the part of the nail apparatus involved. Non-invasive and invasive tools for the diagnosis of nail disorders are then described and insights provided into their appropriate use. Subsequent chapters review the various nail diseases, covering hereditary, traumatic, inflammatory, environmentally induced, drug-induced and neoplastic conditions as well as disorders due to systemic diseases. Informative high-quality illustrations are included for each disorder and boxes helpfully summarize the most important features, clues to diagnosis, necessary examinations, and treatments. Closing chapters address nail conditions in children and the elderly. Nail Disorders: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management will be an invaluable, ready source of information for students in dermatology, clinical practitioners and podiatrists.
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Foreword by R. Baran.- Preface.-1 Nail Anatomy And Physiology for the Clinician. -2 Nail Signs.- 3 Examination of Patients With Nail Disorders.- 4 Useful Diagnostic Techniques for Nail Disorders.- 5 Common Diseases of the Toenails.- 6 Nail Disorders Due to Environmental, Professional And Cosmetic Causes And Auto-Induced Nail Diseases.- 7 Nail Disorders Due to Dermatological Diseases.- 8 Infective Nail Disorders.- 9 Nail signs of systemic diseases and Drug-Induced Nail Changes.- 10. Tumors of the Nails. - Subject Index.
