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Clubbing epidemiology and demographics

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Epidemiology and Demographics

The exact frequency of clubbing in the population is not known. A 2008 study found clubbing in 1% of all patients admitted to a department of internal medicine. Of these, 40% turned out to have significant underlying disease of various causes, while 60% had no medical problems on further investigations and remained well over the subsequent year.[1]

References

  1. Vandemergel X, Renneboog B (2008). “Prevalence, aetiologies and significance of clubbing in a department of general internal medicine”. Eur. J. Intern. Med. 19 (5): 325–9. doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2007.05.015. PMID 18549933. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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