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Nail-biting

MedGen UID:
44581
Concept ID:
C0027338
Individual Behavior
Synonyms: Biting, Nail; Nail Biting; Onychophagia
SNOMED CT: Nail biting (37298006); Onychophagia (37298006)
 
HPO: HP:0012170

Definition

Habitual biting of one's own fingernails. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNail-biting

Conditions with this feature

Intellectual developmental disorder, autosomal recessive 75, with neuropsychiatric features and variant lissencephaly
MedGen UID:
1808159
Concept ID:
C5676961
Disease or Syndrome
Autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder-75 with neuropsychiatric features and variant lissencephaly (MRT75) is characterized by global developmental delay apparent from infancy or early childhood and moderate to profoundly impaired intellectual development. Most affected individuals have behavioral abnormalities, including aggression and ADHD; a few have psychiatric manifestations, including psychosis. More variable additional features include well-controlled seizures and dysmorphic facial features. Brain imaging often shows frontal predominant pachygyria or other gyri/sulci abnormalities, consistent with a variant of lissencephaly and a malformation of cortical development (MCD) (summary by Zaki et al., 2021).
Intellectual developmental disorder, autosomal dominant 71, with behavioral abnormalities
MedGen UID:
1841073
Concept ID:
C5830437
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Autosomal dominant intellectual developmental disorder-71 with behavioral abnormalities (MRD71) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by global developmental delay with hypotonia, speech delay, and variably impaired cognitive development. Almost all affected individuals show marked behavioral manifestations, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, hypersensitivity, and aggression. Many have dysmorphic features, although there is not a common gestalt (Harris et al., 2021).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Lee DK, Lipner SR
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Mar 13;19(6) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063392. PMID: 35329078Free PMC Article
Wendt S, Trawinski H, Schubert S, Rodloff AC, Mössner J, Lübbert C
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2019 Mar 29;116(13):213-219. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0213. PMID: 31064642Free PMC Article
Sani G, Gualtieri I, Paolini M, Bonanni L, Spinazzola E, Maggiora M, Pinzone V, Brugnoli R, Angeletti G, Girardi P, Rapinesi C, Kotzalidis GD
Curr Neuropharmacol 2019;17(8):775-786. doi: 10.2174/1570159X17666190320164223. PMID: 30892151Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Turk T, Liu C, Straube S, Dytoc M, Hagtvedt R, Dennett L, Abba-Aji A, Fujiwara E
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2022 Dec;36(12):2267-2278. Epub 2022 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/jdv.18478. PMID: 35924420
Gois-Santos VT, Santos VS, Tavares CSS, Araújo BCL, Ribeiro KMN, Simões SM, Martins Filho PR
Braz Oral Res 2022;36:e039. Epub 2022 Mar 14 doi: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2022.vol36.0039. PMID: 35293504
Shukla T, Pandey S
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2020;54(4):294-304. Epub 2020 Jul 24 doi: 10.5603/PJNNS.a2020.0058. PMID: 32706097
Sani G, Gualtieri I, Paolini M, Bonanni L, Spinazzola E, Maggiora M, Pinzone V, Brugnoli R, Angeletti G, Girardi P, Rapinesi C, Kotzalidis GD
Curr Neuropharmacol 2019;17(8):775-786. doi: 10.2174/1570159X17666190320164223. PMID: 30892151Free PMC Article
Deepmala, Slattery J, Kumar N, Delhey L, Berk M, Dean O, Spielholz C, Frye R
Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2015 Aug;55:294-321. Epub 2015 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.04.015. PMID: 25957927

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