## Background: Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (hoa), well known in adults, is rarely encountered in children. the clinical features include clubbing of the fingers and toes, arthritis, and painful periosteal new bone formation of the tubular bones. the association of malignant disorders with hoa is
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy in childhood Hodgkin's disease.
β Scribed by S. Shankar; O. P. Rathi; P. Chandrasekhar; A. Seith; Rohini Handa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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