Taber's Medical Dictionary
Beau lines
(bō)
[Joseph Honoré Simon Beau, Fr. physician, 1806-1865]
White lines across the fingernails, usually a sign of systemic disease. They may be due to trauma, coronary occlusion, hypercalcemia, or skin disease. The lines are visible until the affected area of the nail has grown out and been trimmed away.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Beau Lines." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730093/0/Beau_lines.
Beau lines. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730093/0/Beau_lines. Accessed January 19, 2021.
Beau lines. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (23rd edition). F.A. Davis Company. Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730093/0/Beau_lines
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