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. 1978 May;53(5):411-3.
doi: 10.1136/adc.53.5.411.

Clubbing and whipworm infestation

M D Bowie, A Morison, J D Ireland, P J Duys

Clubbing and whipworm infestation

M D Bowie et al. Arch Dis Child. 1978 May.

Abstract

The association of clubbing, growth retardation, pallor, abdominal distension, and prolonged bloody diarrhoea with whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) infestation is described and discussed. Failure to recognise this association leads to misdiagnosis and unnecessary investigation.

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