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    Traumatic nail abnormalities

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    The nail plate is frequently affected by traumatisms that can be post-traumatic, occupational or self-induced. Among the self-induced nail disorders a psychiatric counselling must be sometimes considered. These include the "median dystrophy", the "Heller's canaliform dystrophy", the "onychophagy" and the "onychotillomania". The post-traumatic onychodystrophies include traumas of the pterigium, subungual haematomas, "melanonychia striata", "ingrown nail", "pincer nail" and "onychogriphosis". Lastly, there are occupational onychodystrophies, including "onychoschizia" or "brittle nails", "koilonychia", "chronic paronichia" and "onycholysis"

    Chilblain lupus with nail involvement: a case report and a brief overview.

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    Chilblain lupus erythematosus is a rare, chronic variant of cutaneous lupus erythematosus that occurs during cold or damp periods on the hands, fingers, or feet. It is often associated with other forms of cutaneous lupus and about 20% of patients develop systemic lupus erythematosus. Various medications have been put forward, including steroids, mycophenolate mofetil, calcium channel blockers, and hydroxychloroquine, but the symptoms do not remit completely

    Generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa

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    Generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa (GABEB) is a rare autosomal recessive variant of junctional epidermolysis bullosa. A typical feature in these patients is the cicatricial alopecia resembling male pattern baldness: in this paper we describe a case of GABEB with particular attention to this characteristic
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