Hand edema and acrocyanosis: "Puffy hand syndrome"

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1084-1085

  Del Giudice, Pascal ^a   Durant, Jacques ^b   Dellamonica, Pierre ^b  

^a Hopital Bonnet   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCYANOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFY HAND SYNDROME; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; SYNDROME;

EID: 33747627140     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.8.1084     Document Type: Article

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