Dr. Bianca Maria Piraccini has been a researcher in dermatology at the University of Bologna since November 2000. She is Director of the Laboratory of Mycology and Parasitology and of Outpatient Consulation for Nail and Hair Disorders and Allergology in the Department of Dermatology at the university. Her principal research areas include the clinical and basic aspects of nail disorders, as well as hair biology, oral pathology and mycology. Dr. Piraccini is the author of 134 papers in international and Italian journals, nine monographs on diseases of the cutaneous appendages and 178 abstracts in international and italian reviews. She is a reviewer for several leading journals, including the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, the British Journal of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and the International Journal of Dermatology.

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Foreword by R. Baran.- Preface.- 1 Nail Anatomy And Physiology for the Clinician.- 2 Nail Signs.- 3 Examination of Patients With Nail Disorders.- 4 Useful Diagnostic Techniques for Nail Disorders.- 5 Common Diseases of the Toenails.- 6 Nail Disorders Due to Environmental, Professional And Cosmetic Causes And Auto-Induced Nail Diseases.- 7 Nail Disorders Due to Dermatological Diseases.- 8 Infective Nail Disorders.- 9 Nail signs of systemic diseases and Drug-Induced Nail Changes.- 10. Tumors of the Nails.- Subject Index.