Anonychia
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| Specialty | Dermatology |
Anonychia is the failure to form fingernails or toenails.[1]
It is an anomaly which may be the result of a congenital
Cause
This is rare and is usually due to mutations in the R-spondin 4 (
RSPO4) gene which is located on the short arm of chromosome 20 (20p13).[3]
See also
- List of cutaneous conditions
References
- ISBN 978-0-7020-6504-0.
- ISBN 978-0-323-54753-6.
- ^ Khan TN, Klar J, Nawaz S, Jameel M, Tariq M, Malik NA, Baig SM, Dahl N (2012) Novel missense mutation in the RSPO4 gene in congenital hyponychia and evidence for a polymorphic initiation codon (p.M1I). BMC Med Genet 13(1):120
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