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A Case-Control Study of the Lymphatic Phenotype of Yellow Nail Syndrome.
Lymphatic research and biology - 1 Aug 2018
Cousins Emma, Cintolesi Viviana, Vass Laurence, Stanton Anthony W B, Irwin Andrew, Heenan Susan D, Mortimer Peter S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is a rare disease manifesting as a triad of yellow-green dystrophic nails, lymphedema, and chronic respiratory disease. The etiology of YNS is obscure and investigations are few. A single lymphatic pathogenesis has been proposed to account for all the associated features, and despite the lack of evidence for a unifying lymphatic mechanism, this hypothesis prevails. The...
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