The diagonal ear-lobe crease. As sign of some diseases

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 947-951

  Bahcelioglu, Meltem ^a   Isik, Ali F ^a   Demirel, Birol ^a   Senol, Ender ^a   Aycan, Sefer ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EAR LOBE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 22544487779     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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