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== ''Tinea unguium'' (nails) ==
 
[[Onychomycosis]] (also known as "dermatophytic onychomycosis,"<ref name="Bolognia">{{cite book |author=Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. |title=Dermatology: 2-Volume Set |publisher=Mosby |location=St. Louis |year=2007 |page=1135 |isbn=1-4160-2999-0 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> or "tinea unguium"<ref name="Bolognia" />) is a [[fungus|fungal]] [[dermatophytosis|infection]] of the [[Nail (anatomy)|nail]].<ref>{{DorlandsDict|six/000074915|onychomycosis}}</ref>  It is the most common disease of the nails and constitutes about half of all nail abnormalities.<ref name="pmid17944702">{{cite journal |author=Szepietowski JC, Salomon J |title=Do fungi play a role in psoriatic nails? |journal=Mycoses |volume=50 |issue=6 |pages=437–42 |year=2007 |pmid=17944702 |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01405.x}}</ref>
 
This condition may affect [[toenail]]s or [[fingernail]]s, but toenail infections are particularly common.  It occurs in about 10% of the adult population.<ref name=AFP2013>{{cite journal|last=Westerberg|first=DP|author2=Voyack, MJ|title=Onychomycosis: current trends in diagnosis and treatment.|journal=American family physician|date=Dec 1, 2013|volume=88|issue=11|pages=762–70|pmid=24364524}}</ref>
 
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