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Half and half nails (Lindsay's nails) in chronic renal disease.
A 19 year old male, student, presented with a history of progressive loss of vision from right eye since one and half year and from the left eye since one year. The patient also complained of multiple episodes of generalized seizures three months back. Patient was diagnosed with tubercular choroiditis with chronic kidney disease with seizure disorder. The patient was evaluated but no intracrani...
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This 68-year-old patient with Stage 4 chronic kidney disease was reviewed in our low clearance clinic 2 months after formation of a left arteriovenous fistula. The prominent ‘half-and-half’ appearance of his nails was noted. Nail disorders are common in chronic renal failure, affecting up to 70% of haemodialysis patients [1]. Half-and-half or Lindsay nails [2], where the proximal half of the na...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.3.294