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  2. Mees' lines - Wikipedia

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    Mees' lines can look similar to injury to the nail, which should not be confused with true Mees' lines. [1] Mees' lines appear after an episode of poisoning with arsenic, [2] thallium or other heavy metals or selenium, [3] opioid MT-45, and can also appear if the subject is suffering from kidney failure. [4] They have been observed in ...

  3. What Dermatologists Want You to Know About White Spots on ...

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    “Leukonychia is a condition where people get these white dots or lines on their fingernails,” says Karan Lal, D.O., M.S., F.A.A.D., double board-certified dermatologist with Affiliated ...

  4. Birefringence - Wikipedia

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    Dermatologists use dermatoscopes to view skin lesions. Dermoscopes use polarized light, allowing the user to view crystalline structures corresponding to dermal collagen in the skin. These structures may appear as shiny white lines or rosette shapes and are only visible under polarized dermoscopy.

  5. Muehrcke's nails - Wikipedia

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    Muehrcke's lines were described by American physician Robert C. Muehrcke (1921–2003) in 1956. In a study published in BMJ, he examined patients with known chronic hypoalbuminemia and healthy volunteers, finding that the appearance of multiple transverse white lines was a highly specific marker for low serum albumin (no subject with the sign had SA over 2.2 g/dL), was associated with severity ...

  6. Dermatoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Dermatoscopy, also known as dermoscopy [1] or epiluminescence microscopy, is the examination of skin lesions with a dermatoscope. It is a tool similar to a camera to allow for inspection of skin lesions unobstructed by skin surface reflections.

  7. 36 years after Washington teen was found dead in river, DNA ...

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    Authorities have identified the man who assaulted and killed a Washington woman 36 years ago, and they used DNA to solve the case. Fishermen found a body on Aug. 28, 1988, according to the Pierce ...

  8. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Muehrcke's lines: Robert C. Muehrcke: nephrology, oncology: hypoalbuminaemia, chemotherapy: paired transverse white lines on nail bed Mulder's sign: Jacob D. Mulder: neurology, podiatry: Morton's neuroma: transverse compression of the forefoot elicits pain in the distribution of the affected nerve Müller's maneuver: Johannes Peter Müller ...

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