Clubbed fingers: Radiological evaluation of the nail bed thickness

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-318

  Moreira, Ana Luiza S ^a   Porto, Nelson S ^a   Moreira, José S ^a   Ulbrich Kulczynski, Jane M ^a   Irion, Klaus L ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clubbing, paraneoplasic syndrome, hypocratism; Finger; Hyponychial angle; Lung cancer; Nail; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUBBING FINGERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEX FINGER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NAIL BED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 43249127603     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20623     Document Type: Article

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