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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Orange–brown chromonychia, a novel finding in Kawasaki disease: 10 years since the first publication
Priyankar Pal1, Mandira Roy1, Alolika Nandi2, Nazneen Ahmed1
1 Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Pediatrics, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Priyankar Pal
2G, Dilkusha Street, Kolkata - 700 017, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijpd.IJPD_19_20
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Red/orange–brown transverse nail bed lines in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease (KD) was a new clinical finding reported initially in 2010. Since then, it has been universally and consistently described in the acute phase of KD and may act as an accessory clinical clue in diagnosis. This article tries to review the clinical implication and the various reports citing this finding over the last 10 years.
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