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A Novel Nonsurgical Treatment for Pincer Nail That Involves Mechanical Force Control

We hypothesize that nails have an automatic curvature feature and that their flat shape is maintained by the daily upward mechanical forces from the finger/toe pad. Thus, nail deformities, such as pincer nail, spoon nail, and koilonychias, may be caused by an imbalance between these forces and can b...

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Autores principales: Sano, Hitomi, Ogawa, Rei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4350317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25750850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000000220