Game, set and message by Charl Durand Charl Durand

“…Seems like just yesterday the only way we Johannesburg folk could follow a nail-biting international rugby test happening at Newlands in Cape Town was by listening to Gerhard Viviers' commentary on Afrikaans radio. …”
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Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection Mimicking Progression of Scleroderma by Simon Krabbe, Merete Engelhart, Sören Thybo, Søren Jacobsen

“…The patient was diagnosed with scleroderma based on puffy fingers that developed into sclerodactyly, abnormal nail fold capillaries, interstitial lung disease, Raynaud’s phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, and positivity for rheumatoid factor and anti-SSA antibodies. …”
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Treatment of a Femur Nonunion with Microsurgical Corticoperiosteal Pedicled Flap from the Medial Femoral Condyle by Matteo Guzzini, Cosma Calderaro, Marco Guidi, Carolina Civitenga, Germano Ferri, Andrea Ferretti

“…The first surgical choice was the revision of the nail and the bone reconstruction with a corticoperiosteal pedicled flap from the medial femoral condyle. …”
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Precision medicine using molecular-target drugs in psoriatic arthritis by Ippei Miyagawa, Yoshiya Tanaka

“…Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) presents various clinical manifestations, including skin lesions, peripheral arthritis, axial involvement, enthesitis, nail involvement, dactylitis, and uveitis. In addition, it causes a high incidence of lifestyle-related diseases and an increase in cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events. …”
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Oral and Dental Findings of Dyskeratosis Congenita by Mine Koruyucu, Pelin Barlak, Figen Seymen

“…Dyskeratosis congenital (DC) is a rare condition characterized by reticulate skin hyperpigmentation, mucosal leukoplakia, and nail dystrophy. More serious features are bone marrow involvement with pancytopenia and a predisposition to malignancy. …”
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Orthopedic Manifestations of Bruck Syndrome: A Case Series with Intermediate to Long-term Follow-Up by Adolfredo Santana, Geovanny Oleas-Santillán, Jeanne M. Franzone, L. Reid Nichols, J. Richard Bowen, Richard W. Kruse

“…In fractures with angulation, intramedullary nail fixation was useful, and in cases without deformity, casting alone was successful. …”
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A Recurrent Nonsense Mutation in NECTIN4 Underlying Ectodermal Dysplasia-Syndactyly Syndrome with a Novel Phenotype in a Consanguineous Kashmiri Family by Ghazanfar Ali, Sadia Sadia, Syeda Ain-ul- Batool, Zahid Azeem, Naheed Bashir Awan, Syed Akif Raza Kazmi, Zia- Ur- Rehman, Zeeshan Anjum, Fazal- Ur- Rehman, Abdul Wali, Kafaitullah Khan, Nasib Zaman, Muhammad Ayub, Muhammad Sajid, Noor Hassan

“…Clinical manifestations of the syndrome include defective nail plate, sparse to absent scalp and body hair, spaced teeth with enamel hypoplasia, and bilateral cutaneous syndactyly in the fingers and toes. …”
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Hubungan antara Higiene Perorangan dengan Infeksi Cacing Usus (Soil Transmitted Helminths) pada Siswa SDN 25 dan 28 Kelurahan Purus, Kota Padang, Sumatera Barat Tahun 2013 by Rizka Yunidha Anwar, Nuzulia Irawati, Machdawaty Masri

“…The objective of this study was to determine the relation between the student’s personal hygiene habits, such as washing hands, nail cleanliness, using footwear and bathing to the intestinal worm infection. …”
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Comparison of Curative Effect between PFNA and PCCP in the Treatment of Femoral Intertrochanteric Fractures by Buxin Fan, Hansen Xiao, Peng Wu, Yao Du

“…To compare and analyze the clinical efficacy of proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) and percutaneous compression plate (PCCP) for minimally invasive treatment of femoral intertrochanteric fractures. …”
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Unraveling the Relationship between Oral Habits and Anxiety: A Narrative Review by Ramya V. Jathanna, Ritesh Bangera, Mithun K. Naik, Vinod R. Jathanna, Sharanya Adhikari, Shivangi Vats

“…Studies investigating the relationship between oral habits (e.g., bruxism, nail biting) and anxiety disorders, as well as associated psychological factors, were included. …”
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Tangential Biopsy Thickness versus Lesion Depth in Longitudinal Melanonychia: A Pilot Study by Nilton Di Chiacchio, Walter Refkalefsky Loureiro, Nilceo Schwery Michalany, Felipe Veiga Kezam Gabriel

“…Tangential biopsy of the matrix is an elegant technique avoiding nail plate dystrophy, but it was unknown whether the depth of the sample obtained by this method is adequate for histopathologic diagnosis. …”
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Effectiveness of an educational intervention in schoolchildren from 8 to 11 presenting deforming by Odalis Acevedo Sierra, Clotilde Mora Pérez, José Luis Capote Femenías, Clara Rosa Rosell Silva, Yuritza Hernández Núñez

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> deforming habits were eliminated in 66 % of cases (more frequent deforming habits were tongue protraction, bottle suction and nail biting) and dentomaxillofacial abnormalities were reduced. …”
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The Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Factitious Oral Ulcers in a 6-Year-Old Boy by Priscilla Santana Pinto Gonçalves, Daniela Alejandra Cusicanqui Mendez, Paulo Sérgio da Silva Santos, José Humberto Damante, Daniela Rios, Thiago Cruvinel

“…This report shows a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with factitious oral ulcers that occurred after the self-biting of buccal vestibule and nail-scratching of gingival tissue. Clinically, a significant swelling was observed, hard on palpation, located at the right lower third of the face, next to the posterior area of the mandible. …”
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Rapid Progression of Heterotopic Ossification in Severe Variant of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva with p.Arg258Gly in ACVR1: A Case Report and Review of Clinical Phenotypes by Kosei Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Natsuko Futagawa, Hiroyuki Miyahara, Hirokazu Tsukahara

“…Herein, we describe a girl with severe FOP and multiple anomalies, including syndactyly of the hands and feet, nail agenesis, mandibular hypoplasia, heterotopic ossification occurring from infancy, and congenital cardiac malformation. …”
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Dermatophytosis: Prevalence of Dermatophytes and Non-Dermatophyte Fungi from Patients Attending Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Adane Bitew

“…To study the prevalence of dermatophytosis and the spectrum of fungi implicated in causing the infection. Methods. Nail, skin, and scalp scrapings were collected from 318 patients and were used for microscopy and culture study. …”
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Polymerization and modeling of phenolic resins from crude wood resin in the presence of AlCl3 by Ömür Aras, Murat Ertaş, Muhammed Yusuf Aksakal, Naile Angın, Merve Genç

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Distinguishing rheumatoid arthritis from psoriatic arthritis by Joseph F Merola, Luis R Espinoza, Roy Fleischmann

“…Bone erosions, without new bone growth, and cervical spine involvement are distinctive of RA, while axial spine involvement, psoriasis and nail dystrophy are distinctive of PsA. Patients with PsA typically have seronegative test findings for rheumatoid factor (RF) and cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies, while approximately 80% of patients with RA have positive findings for RF and CCP antibodies. …”
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Phenoxybenzamine in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Potential Role and Novel Mechanisms by Mario A. Inchiosa

“…The later stages are frequently characterized by changes to skin texture and nail deformities, hypertrichosis, muscle atrophy, and bone demineralization. …”
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Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of the Regenerate Bone Formed During Intramedullary Limb Lengthening Using a Goat (Caprine) Tibia Model: A Pilot Study by Anirejuoritse Bafor, Aidan Isler, Kell Sprangel, Sara McBride-Gagyi, Christopher A. Iobst

“…Materials and Methods: After a magnetically driven internal lengthening nail was inserted, a 2 cm lengthening of the goat tibia was performed. …”
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Improved Calculation Method of TAD for Intertrochanteric Fractures by Jialong Wang, Anhua Long, Xuefei Wang, Yakui Zhang, Dacheng Han

“…In the lateral radiographs of the hip joint, the line perpendicular to the X-axis passing through the femoral head geometry point was identified as the Z-axis. The head of the nail tip’s location projected on the three axes was described as AAP, B in the AP radiographs; and ALAT, C in the lateral radiograph. …”
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