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Childhood Skin Problems
Clubbed Nails
Clubbed nails. Increased curvature of the nail plate may be due to a wide variety of causes. In this patient, the large, convex nails are a hereditary anomaly and were found to be present in both father and brother. Other causes of clubbing of the nails in children include cyanotic congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, and chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
Color Atlas of Pediatric
Dermatology
Samuel Weinberg, Neil S. Prose, Leonard Kristal
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Brunilda Nazario, MD on September 15, 2009
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