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Abstract
A rare condition characterized by the presence of yellow nails, LYMPHEDEMA, and/or PLEURAL EFFUSION with respiratory tract involvement. Abnormal lymphatic network may play a role in its etiology. Occasionally inherited, yellow nail syndrome mostly is sporadic without apparent family history.
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- Lymphedema And Yellow Nails
- Nail Syndrome, Yellow
- Nail Syndromes, Yellow
- Syndrome, Yellow Nail
- Syndromes, Yellow Nail
- Yellow Nail Syndromes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2010
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- Nail Diseases (1978-2009)
- Nails, Malformed (1965-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Yellow Nail Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056684. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056684
- Yellow Nail Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_nail_syndrome
- Yellow Nail Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1786851