Nail disorders and systemic disease: What the nails tell us

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 509-514

  Gregoriou, Stamatis ^a   Argyriou, George ^a   Larios, George ^a   Rigopoulos, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; PREDNISONE; ZIDOVUDINE;

AZURE LUNULA; BEAU LINE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INJURY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINDSAY NAIL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MUEHRCKE NAIL; NAIL COLOR DEFECT; NAIL DISEASE; ONYCHOLYSIS; ONYCHOMADESIS; PITTED NAIL; PSORIASIS; RED LUNULA; REVIEW; SPLINTER HEMORRHAGE; SPOON NAIL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TERRY NAIL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49449116338     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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