Watch our latest EMJ webinar, which explores nails as a sign of systemic disease. Expert Michela Starace, University of Bologna, Italy, elaborates on nail signs, which may or may not be associated with skin abnormalities.
This presentation delves into the adnexal signs of systemic disease, as well as the inheritance of abnormalities, providing information on conditions such as dysplasia, clubbing, and leukonychia.
Themes covered include:
- specific and non-specific adnexal signs of systemic disease;
- the multifactorial causes of congenital abnormalities;
- nail shape and size considerations; and
- nail unit defects as a result of nutritional alterations.
Speaker: Michela Starace earned her medical degree from the University of Bologna, Italy, and then her PhD from the same institution. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Bologna. Starace is involved in numerous societies, is a founding member of the International Nail Society, and is responsible for organising the National Alopecia Areata Day in Italy. Starace is a prolific author, having published 178 papers in Italian and international journals, as well as 25 book chapters.
