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- Published on: 9 January 2022
- Published on: 9 January 2022
- Published on: 9 January 2022Author response: Relevance of spiders in the web areaShow More
Dear Editor,
We thank Dr Hadzic for his comment on our paper(1). However, we disagree with Dr Hadzic’s difficulties with our conclusions for the following reasons:
1. Our research suggests that over 2.5% of children five years of age and older may have five or more spider naevi. At present, if we were to screen our population of approximately one million children and adolescents in the Republic of Irel...
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None declared. - Published on: 9 January 2022Relevance of spiders in the web eraShow More
Dear Editor,
Finn et al have performed a valiant study to compare the incidence of spider naevi in children with and without chronic liver disease (1). They confirm earlier suggestions that multiple spiders could be seen in completely healthy persons (2). However, their interpretation of the fact that some children with chronic liver disease have no spiders is potentially misleading.
Some clinical signs...
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