Baran and Dawber's Diseases of the Nails and their Management

List of Contributors vii
 
List of Abbreviations ix
 
Foreword xi
 
Preface xiii
 
About the Companion Website xiv
 
Part I The Normal Nail and Nail Signs 1
 
1 Science of the Nail Apparatus 1
David de Berker, Beth S. Ruben, and Robert Baran
 
2 Physical Signs 59
Adam Rubin, Mark Holzberg, and Robert Baran
 
Part II Imaging of the Nail Unit 105
 
3 Nail Photography 105
Paola Pasquali
 
4 Dermoscopy 113
Luc Thomas, Sébastien Debarbieux, and Amélie Boespflug
 
5 Ultrasound and Other Imaging Methods 140
Ximena Wortsman, Gregor B.E. Jemec, and Axel Villani
 
6 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 175
Jean-Luc Drapé
 
7 Nail Fold Capillary Microscopy or Capillaroscopy 201
Gregor B.E. Jemec
 
8 Confocal Microscopy 204
Sébastien Debarbieux, Amélie Boespflug, Bruno Labeille, and Luc Thomas
 
Part III Nail Disorders Occurring Principally in Childhood 213
 
9 Hereditary and Congenital Nail Disorders 213
Smail Hadj-Rabia, Rudolf Happle, Bianca Maria Piraccini, and Robert Baran
 
10 Nail Disorders in Childhood 297
David de Berker, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Beth S. Ruben, and Robert Baran
 
Part IV Nail Disorders in the Elderly 337
 
11 The Aging Nail and Related Disorders 337
Bertrand Richert
 
Part V Nail Infections 349
 
12 Fungal (Onychomycosis) and Other Infections Involving the Nail Apparatus 349
Roderick J. Hay, Boni Elewski, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Nikki Sullivan, Casey Wang, and Robert Baran
 
13 Bacterial, Viral, and Other Infections 390
Archana Singal and Bertrand Richert
 
Part VI The Nail in Dermatological Conditions 409
 
14 Dermatological Disorders 409
Bianca Maria Piraccini, Mark Holzberg, Marcel Pasch, and Dimitrios Rigopoulos
 
Part VII The Nail in Systemic Conditions 481
 
15 The Nail in Systemic Disease 481
Mark Holzberg and Bianca Maria Piraccini
 
16 Drug-induced Nail

Robert Baran, MD, PhD, is Head of the Nail Disease Centre, Cannes, France, and Former Consultant- Dermatologist at the Gustave Roussy Cancer Institute, Villejuif, Paris, France. He is also an Honorary Professor of the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
 
David de Berker, BA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD, is a Consultant Dermatologist at Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK.
 
Mark Holzberg, MD, PhD, is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine and Founder, Newnan Dermatology, Newnan, Georgia, USA.
 
Bianca Maria Piraccini, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor in Dermatology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
 
Bertrand Richert, MD, PhD, is Professor of Dermatology at Brugmann, St Pierre and HUDERF University Hospitals, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
 
Luc Thomas, MD, PhD, is Professor of Dermatology and Chairman at Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Lyon 1 University and Lyon Cancer Research Center, Lyon, France.