Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research

Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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ISSN: 2155-9554

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Yasmin M. Tawfik

Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Andrology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Publications
  • Research Article   
    Dermoscopy of Nails Involvement in Autoimmune Bullous Diseases: A Case-Control Study
    Author(s): Eman R. M. Hofny, Mohamed S. Hasan, Yasmin Salah and Yasmin M. Tawfik*

    Background: Autoimmune bullous disorders can affect the skin, mucous membranes and nails. Dermoscopic nail changes in autoimmune bullous disorders either with clinically affected or subclinically affected nails have not been demonstrated up to date. Aim: To study occurrence and percentage of dermoscopic nail changes in various autoimmune bullous disorders. Materials and methods: One hundred participants were recruited in this study. Half of them (fifty patients) had different autoimmune bullous diseases and were grouped according to their nail affection into two groups, group 1: Patients with clinically affected nails, and group 2: Patients with clinically apparent normal nails (with subclinical changes). All parts of finger nails were examined by dermoscopy and were compared with fifty age and sex matched healthy .. View More»
    DOI: 10.35841/2329- 9509.24.15.666

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