Korean J Dermatol.
1983 Jun;21(3):287-295.
Study of the Nail: I . Sizes of Nails in Korean
Abstract
- It is interesting from a, clinical point of view that nail changes are often signs of dermatological and systemic diseass and rnay even be their leading sign. There is biological and biochemical evidence that studies of nails can serve to gauge the growth and metabolism not only of integumental appendages, but also of other bodily structures. The present study was performed to establish the standard nail sizes of healthy Koreans at successive ages, in addition to nail length, nail width, nail thickness, lunular length, lunular width and analyze of some of the factors which. might conceivably influence it. The correlation among individual nail sizes has been studied also. The subjects for this study were 373 males and 3I2 females from 8 months to 79 years of age. The results of this study were as follows; considerable individual variation in nail size was found. (countinue..)
