Meeting the challenge for foot health in rheumatic diseases [PDF]
, 2004 Background: National guidelines recommend that patients with rheumatic diseases should have access to podiatry services and evidence is emerging that podiatry interventions are effective in the management of foot problems in this patient group.
Bowden, AP, Williams, AE
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Diagnostic utility of onychoscopy: Review of literature
Indian Journal of Dermatopathology and Diagnostic Dermatology, 2017 Onychoscopy is being increasingly used as a diagnostic modality for various nail diseases. Initial research had focused mainly on nail pigmentation and nailfold capillaroscopy; however, it is now being evaluated in various infectious and inflammatory ...
Chander Grover, Deepak Jakhar
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Histopathology of Nail Diseases
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 1952 The difficulties encountered in attempting to delineate the accurate diagnosis in nail dyscrasias are well known. Where the glabrous skin is involved in a cu- taneous syndrome, the nail condition is assumed to be part of the same disorder. Practically all textbook descriptions are based on this assumption except in fungous infections where the fungi ...
Cleveland J. White, Thomas C. Laipply
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Dermoscopic Evaluation of Inflammatory Nail Disorders and Their Mimics
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2021 Nail dermoscopy (onychoscopy) is a valuable diagnostic tool for evaluating diseases in the nail apparatus. It is non-invasive, allowing clinicians to prioritize particular nails for biopsy. Thus, it can improve diagnostic accuracy and expedite treatment.
Sophie Soyeon Lim +6 more
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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy in the Diagnosis of Onychomycosis: A Systematic Review
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Accurately diagnosing onychomycosis is vital, as therapy is time-consuming and accompanied by multiple adverse effects. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM), in contrast to traditional mycological testing, is a noninvasive, point-of-care tool that can ...
Sophie Soyeon Lim, Bo Ri Kim, Je-Ho Mun
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Installation of insecticide-treated durable wall lining: evaluation of attachment materials and product durability under field conditions. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated durable wall lining (DL) is a new method of vector control designed to supplement LLINs and overcome two inherent limitations of LLINs and IRS: nightly behavioural compliance and short residual activity, respectively.
Larsen, Marie Louise M +3 more
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Nail evaluation in internal diseases: An indispensable exercise
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017 Nails are the structures without any vital functions, but their diagnostic significance cannot be undermined. Nail unit constitutes the nail plate, nail bed, and nail folds which exhibit signs of the nail unit and internal disorders.
Vaishnavi Gopal, Manjunath M Shenoy
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Validation of patient-reported outcome measures for dactylitis, psoriatic skin and nail disease, and uveitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis in routine care. [PDF]
RMD OpenNielung LM +4 more
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The molecular genetic analysis of the expanding pachyonychia congenita case collection [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a rare autosomal dominant keratinizing disorder characterized by severe, painful, palmoplantar keratoderma and nail dystrophy, often accompanied by oral leucokeratosis, cysts and follicular keratosis.
Al-Asadi, E. +9 more
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Guidelines for the management of the foot health problems associated with rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
, 2011 Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as a chronic systemic disease, commonly affects the feet, impacting negatively on patients' quality of life. Specialist podiatrists have a prime role to play in the assessment and management of foot and ankle ...
Bowen, C +6 more
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