Clubbing - A reevaluation of its incidence and causes

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-177

  Dutta, T K ^a   Das, A K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHROPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC;

EID: 0030089802     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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