Pseudoclubbing: Is It Different from Clubbing?

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 452-457

  Santiago, Mittermayer B ^a   Lima, Isabella ^b   Feitosa, Alina Coutinho Rodrigues ^a   de Souza Braz, Alessandra ^a   Miranda, Luciana Gadelha A ^a  

^a Hospital Santa Izabel ^*

^b HOSPITAL SANTA IZABEL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

clubbing; hyperparathyroidism; hypertrophic osteoarthropathy; pseudoclubbing; systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACROOSTEOLYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLUBBING FINGERS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDLINE; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCLUBBING; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANGES; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC; PUBMED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349266251     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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