Clubbing: An update on diagnosis, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, and clinical relevance

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1020-1028

  Spicknall, Kerith E ^a   Zirwas, Matthew J ^a   English III, Joseph C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ASBESTOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLUBBING FINGERS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRICHURIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 19544371924     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.01.006     Document Type: Review

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