This statement, focused on melanonychia and nail plate dermoscopy, is intended to guide medical professionals working with melanonychia and to assist choosing appropriate management for melanonychia patients. The International Study Group on Melanonychia was founded in 2007 and currently has 30 members, including nail experts and dermatopathologists with special expertise in nails. The need for common definitions of nail plate dermoscopy was addressed during the Second Meeting of this Group held in February 2008. Prior to this meeting and to date (2010) there have been no evidence-based guidelines on the use of dermoscopy in the management of nail pigmentation.
Consensus on melanonychia nail plate dermoscopy / Chiacchio ND; Farias DC; Piraccini BM; Hirata SH; Richert B; Zaiac M; Daniel R; Fanti PA; Andre J; Ruben BS; Fleckman P; Rich P; Haneke E; Chang P; Cherit JD; Scher R; Tosti A.. - In: ANAIS BRASILEIROS DE DERMATOLOGIA. - ISSN 0365-0596. - STAMPA. - 88:2(2013), pp. 309-313. [10.1590/S0365-05962013000200029.]
Consensus on melanonychia nail plate dermoscopy.
PIRACCINI, BIANCA MARIA;
2013
Abstract
This statement, focused on melanonychia and nail plate dermoscopy, is intended to guide medical professionals working with melanonychia and to assist choosing appropriate management for melanonychia patients. The International Study Group on Melanonychia was founded in 2007 and currently has 30 members, including nail experts and dermatopathologists with special expertise in nails. The need for common definitions of nail plate dermoscopy was addressed during the Second Meeting of this Group held in February 2008. Prior to this meeting and to date (2010) there have been no evidence-based guidelines on the use of dermoscopy in the management of nail pigmentation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
