A case of finger clubbing associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a young girl, and review of pathophysiology

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 253-254

  Ali, Nasir ^a   Abbasi, Ahmed Nadeem ^a   Karsan, Farook ^a   Hashmi, Raheel ^a   Badar, Quratul Ain ^a   Sheikh, Asim Jamal ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLUBBING FINGERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65749094400     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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