Nail changes in patients with liver disease

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-654

  Salem, A ^a   Gamil, H ^a   Hamed, M ^a   Galal, S ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; Liver cell failure; Nail changes

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; NAIL INFECTION; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS, MALFORMED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS, MALFORMED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952229594     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2009.03476.x     Document Type: Article

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