RT Journal
A1 Schwartz R, Vickerman CE
T1 MUehrcke's lines of the fingernails
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1979
FD February 1
VO 139
IS 2
SP 242
OP 242
DO 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630390094033
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630390094033
AB Paired narrow transverse fingernail lines as described by Muehrcke developed in a 64-year-old woman. This patient had lung cancer and was receiving multiple cytostatic agents. Her serum albumin level was normal when this nail finding was quite prominent. There was no history of a markedly reduced serum albumin level. Accordingly, her nail alterations may represent another example of chemotherapy-induced nail changes.(Arch Intern Med 139:242, 1979)