Yellow nail syndrome

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 862, 1997, Pages 466-468

  Hershko, Alon ^a   Hirshberg, Boaz ^a   Nahir, Menachem ^a   Friedman, Gideon ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Yellow nail syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; SHORT SURVEY; YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030869225     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.862.466     Document Type: Short Survey

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