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Case Reports
. 2007 Feb;63(2):252.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02750.x.

A rare cause of finger clubbing in a life-long nonsmoker

Graeme P Currie, Alagaratnam Niruban, Owen J Dempsey
Case Reports

A rare cause of finger clubbing in a life-long nonsmoker

Graeme P Currie et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2007 Feb.
No abstract available

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