The significance of cutaneous spider naevi in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 604-605

  Finn, S M ^b   Rowland, M ^b   Lawlor, F ^b   Kinsella, W ^b   Chan, L ^b   Byrne, O ^b   O'Mahony, O ^b   Bourke, Billy ^a,b  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEVUS; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33745770596     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.086512     Document Type: Article

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