Spoon nails: still seen in today's world

Koilonychia is a nail abnormality characterized by thin, brittle, and spoon‐shaped nails. It is frequently observed in chronic iron deficiency secondary to malnutrition, chronic blood loss, or malabsorption. It may also be idiopathic or related to occupation and rare systemic disorders. Presence of...

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Autor principal: Moiz, Bushra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1404
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description Koilonychia is a nail abnormality characterized by thin, brittle, and spoon‐shaped nails. It is frequently observed in chronic iron deficiency secondary to malnutrition, chronic blood loss, or malabsorption. It may also be idiopathic or related to occupation and rare systemic disorders. Presence of koilonychia should prompt investigations for iron deficiency.
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spelling pubmed-58382652018-03-12 Spoon nails: still seen in today's world Moiz, Bushra Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Koilonychia is a nail abnormality characterized by thin, brittle, and spoon‐shaped nails. It is frequently observed in chronic iron deficiency secondary to malnutrition, chronic blood loss, or malabsorption. It may also be idiopathic or related to occupation and rare systemic disorders. Presence of koilonychia should prompt investigations for iron deficiency. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5838265/ /pubmed/29531740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1404 Text en © 2018 The Author. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531740
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