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Occupational Nail Disorders

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Handbook of Occupational Dermatology

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The nail plate is the product of constantly differentiating ectodermal tissue. Its normal appearance and growth depend on the integrity of: (1) the four epidermal structures (matrix, nail bed, hyponychium and proximal nail fold) and (2) the bony phalanx that forms part of the nail apparatus. The nail is set into proximal and lateral nail grooves formed by invaginations in the corresponding nail folds. The periungual tissue and, above all, the distal bony phalanx determine its gross form.

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  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Occupational Dermatology, Karolinska Hospital, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  3. National Institute for Working Life, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. Klinik für Hautkrankheiten, Klinikum der FSU Jena, Erfurter Straße 35, 07740, Jena, Germany

    P. Elsner

  5. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, 94143-0989, CA, San Francisco, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Baran, R. (2000). Occupational Nail Disorders. In: Kanerva, L., Wahlberg, J.E., Elsner, P., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07677-4_31

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