A rare cause of finger clubbing in a life-long nonsmoker [5]

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-

  Currie, Graeme P ^a   Niruban, Alagaratnam ^a   Dempsey, Owen J ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; POTASSIUM; SENNA EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MELANOSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

CATHARTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC;

EID: 33846065176     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02750.x     Document Type: Letter

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