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Nail Psoriasis: Clinical Features and Assessment

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Many patients with psoriasis have involvement of the nails. Nail psoriasis can range from asymptomatic, limited involvement to being physically and functionally debilitating. Psoriatic lesions affecting the nail matrix can lead to pitting, leukonychia, red spots on the lunula, and nail plate crumbling. Moreover, nail bed lesions may result in onycholysis, splinter hemorrhages, oil drop discoloration, or nail bed hyperkeratosis. Clinical assessment of disease severity can be performed through various tools and may help clinicians track progress and response to treatment.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

    William Tuong MD

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, 11801 E. 17th Avenue, Campus Mailbox 8127, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    April W. Armstrong MD, MPH

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Adewale Adebajo

  2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva 14, Switzerland

    Wolf-Henning Boehncke

  3. Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Dafna D. Gladman

  4. Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Philip J. Mease

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Tuong, W., Armstrong, A.W. (2016). Nail Psoriasis: Clinical Features and Assessment. In: Adebajo, A., Boehncke, WH., Gladman, D., Mease, P. (eds) Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19530-8_16

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