The Spotted Lunula: Three Patients with Alopecia Areata Exhibited Spotty Absence of Whiteness in the Lunulae of Their Nails

    May 1980 in “ Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology ”
    Walter B. Shelley
    Studysummary In this study, three patients with alopecia areata exhibited spotty absence of the whiteness of their nail lunulae, potentially due to defects in the matrical epithelium.
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