Idiopathic splinter hemorrhages

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-292

  Saladi, Rao N ^a,b   Persaud, Andrea N ^a,b   Rudikoff, Donald ^a,b   Cohen, Steven R ^a,b,c  

^a Mount Sinai Medical Center ^*

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SPLINTER HEMORRHAGE; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0842310880     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2003.07.012     Document Type: Article

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