Section 1: Signs and Symptoms
Section 2: The Normal Nail:
1-Historical Aspects
2-Structure and Function
3-Basic Science (incorporating embryology and with a look into the future)
Section 3: Diagnostic Techniques:
4-Initial Approach to Examination
5-Exostoses, Radiology, MRIs
6-Histopath
Section 4: The Abnormal Nail:
7-Pigmentation Abnormalities
8- Brittle Nails
9-Onycholysis
10-Chronic Paronychia
11-Dermatological Disease
12-Onychomycosis
13-Podiatric approach to Onychomycosis
14-Infection, Non Fungal
15-Nails in Systemic Disease
16-Systemic Drugs
17-Tumors
18-Occupational
19-Biomechanical
20-Cosmetics and/Dangers of nail Salons
21-Pediatric Disease
22-Nails in Older Individuals
Section 5: Therapeutic Techniques:
23-Basic Surgery
24-Advanced Surgery
25-Glossary
Related Titles
Techniques in Dermatologic Surgery
Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series: Cosmeceuticals
Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series: Lasers and Lights: Volume 2 :
Textbook with DVD: Rejuvenation ▪ Resurfacing ▪ Hair Removal ▪ Treatment of
Ethnic Skin
Author Information
By Richard K. Scher, MD, Professor Clinical Dermatology, College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY; and C. Ralph Daniel, III, MD,
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Mississippi Medical
Center, Jackson, MS