Lack of lower extremity hair not a predictor for peripheral arterial disease

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1456-1457

  Brueseke, Taylor J ^a   Macrino, Sheri ^a,b   Miller, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HAIR; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMB; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALOPECIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 73149103461     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.310     Document Type: Letter

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