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Figure 1:

a) Longitudinal section of a digit showing the nail unit (modified from [50]).

b) Corresponding image taken in a female young adult.

1) proximal nail fold, 2) lateral nail fold, 3) plate, 4) lunula, 5) cuticle, 6) matrix, 7)bed, 8) onychodermal band, 9) distal edge of plate, 10) hyponychium