TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Biology of Nails
A1  - Scher, Richard K.
A1  - Bonilla, Gisela Torres
A1  - DeYampert, Nicole
A2  - Kelly, A. Paul
A2  - Taylor, Susan C.
A2  - Lim, Henry W.
A2  - Serrano, Ana Maria Anido
Y1  - 2016
N1  - 
T2  - Taylor and Kelly's Dermatology for Skin of Color, 2e
AB  - KEY  POINTSNail  matrix  melanocytes  in  skin  of  color  contain  mature  melanosomes  that  produce  nail  plate  pigmentation.Melanonychia  in  multiple  nails  reduces  but  does  not  eliminate  the  probability  of  melanoma.Although  melanoma  of  the  nail  unit  is  uncommon  in  skin  of  color,  acral  locations,  including  nails,  occur  disproportionately  more  frequently.Over  90%  of  melanonychias  arise  from  the  distal  rather  than  the  proximal  nail  matrix.Melanomas  are  more  frequent  in  the  great  toe  and  thumb  than  in  other  digits.Most  melanomas  arising  from  melanonychia  striata  are  in  situ  melanomas.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161544804
ER  -