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Deformities in nail structure or appearance, including hypertrophy, splitting, clubbing, furrowing, etc. Genetic diseases such as PACHYONYCHIA CONGENITA can result in malformed nails.
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- Nails, Malformed
- Malformed Nail
- Nail, Malformed
- Nail Abnormalities
- Nails, Abnormal
- Onychauxis
- Onychogryposis
- Pachyonychia
- Abnormal Nail
- Abnormal Nails
- Abnormalities, Nail
- Abnormality, Nail
- Nail Abnormality
- Nail, Abnormal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Malformed Nails. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009264. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009264
- Malformed Nails. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55092864