Pincer nails and alopecia as markets of gastrointestinal malignancy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 479-481

  Jemec, Gregor B E ^a,b   Thomsen, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Nail; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Skin marker

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; SIGMOID;

EID: 0030852913     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02824.x     Document Type: Article

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