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Spoon-shaped nails: is when the nail curves upwards and is known as koilonychia. See detailed information below for a list of 22 causes of Spoon-shaped nails, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Medical Conditions associated with Spoon-shaped nails:
Nail symptoms (391 causes), Toenail Symptoms (302 causes), Finger symptoms (1615 causes), Toe symptoms (1171 causes), Hand symptoms (2016 causes), Foot symptoms (2265 causes), Leg symptoms (2751 causes), Limb symptoms (3592 causes), Lower leg symptoms (59 causes), Arm symptoms (1619 causes), Fingernail symptoms (302 causes)
Symptoms related to Spoon-shaped nails:
Emanuel syndrome, Hemochromatosis, Iron-deficiency anemia, Nail-patella syndrome, Patterson-Brown Kelly (Plummer-Vinson) Syndrome, Physiologic occurrence in children, Pollitt syndrome, Raynaud's disease (32 causes), SLE (14 causes), Tooth and Nail syndrome, Trauma
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