You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Research Article
Clubbing and whipworm infestation.
  1. M D Bowie,
  2. A Morison,
  3. J D Ireland,
  4. P J Duys

    Abstract

    The association of clubbing, growth retardation, pallor, abdominal distension, and prolonged bloody diarrhoea with whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) infestation is described and discussed. Failure to recognise this association leads to misdiagnosis and unnecessary investigation.

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.53.5.411

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.