Muehrcke lines

Muehr·cke lines

(mēr'kĕ), white lines, parallel with the lunula and separated from each other by normal pink areas; associated with hypoalbuminemia; the lines do not move outward with nail growth, but disappear when the serum albumin returns to normal.

Muehrcke,

Robert C., U.S. nephrologist, d. 2003. Muehrcke lines - white lines parallel with the lunula and separated from each other by normal pink areas, associated with hypoalbuminemia.