Synonym(s)
Nail furrows
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Beau, Josef Honoré Simon, 1846; Reil, Johann Christian
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After serious illnesses and intoxications; traumatic due to excessive pushing back of the cuticle during manicure; physiological in infants towards the end of the first month of life. Depending on the duration and extent of the matrix damage, the furrows vary in width and depth (up to the separation of the proximal nail portion from the distal one).
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Not required. Clarification in case of manipulation as cause (usually not perceived by the patient).
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