Sign Up for a Free Account

This is an image preview.
Start a Free Account
to view the full image.

Sign Up for a Free Account For information on discounts, see Plans & Pricing

  • Nearly 3,000 illustrations, including video clips of neurologic disorders.

  • Every article is reviewed by our esteemed Editorial Board for accuracy and currency.

  • Full spectrum of neurology in 1,200 comprehensive articles.

  • Listen to MedLink on the go with Audio versions of each article.

Dermatophagia

Dermatophagia (extreme nail-biting and biting of skin) to point of an obsessive-compulsive disorder or other condition leading to self-mutilating behavior, such as autistic spectrum disorders (as is the case in this example) or Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. (Photography by 6th Happiness on May 16, 2009. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. https://creativecom mons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en.)

Related Article

Related Media

Associated Disorders

  • Choreoathetosis
  • Dystonia
  • Gout
  • Hyperuricemia
  • Intellectual disability
  • Renal stones