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Descriptor English:   Nails, Ingrown 
Descriptor Spanish:   Uņas Encarnadas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Unhas Encravadas 
Synonyms English:   Ingrown Nail
Ingrown Nails
Nail, Ingrown  
Tree Number:   C17.800.529.406
Definition English:   Excessive lateral nail growth into the nail fold. Because the lateral margin of the nail acts as a foreign body, inflammation and granulation may result. It is caused by improperly fitting shoes and by improper trimming of the nail. 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   9454 
Unique Identifier:   D009263 

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