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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Here's Why Your Toenails Might Be White—and What to ... - AOL

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    "Trauma could cause white spots on the nails or even white lines (leukonychia)," says Dr. Mendeszoon. "Bumping one’s toe or being stepped upon may cause injury to the nail plate and dermis ...

  6. Leukonychia - Wikipedia

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    Leukonychia (or leuconychia) is a medical term for white discoloration appearing on nails. [2] It is derived from the Greek words leuko 'white' and onyx 'nail'. The most common cause is injury to the base of the nail (the matrix) where the nail is formed.

  7. 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.

  8. Phone companies haven't notified most victims of Chinese data ...

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    The vast majority of people whose call records have been stolen by Chinese hackers have not been notified, according to industry sources, and there is no indication that most affected people will ...

  9. Nephrotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Muehrcke's nails; white lines (leukonychia) that extend all the way across the nail and lie parallel to the lunula [7] The main signs of nephrotic syndrome are: [8] Proteinuria of greater than 3.5 g /24 h /1.73 m 2 (between 3 and 3.5 g/24 h /1.73 m 2 is considered to be proteinuria in the nephrotic range) or greater than 40 mg/h/m 2 in children.

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