Asthma in workers manufacturing cephalosporins.
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complex describes a hallux valgus which touches or overrides the second toe and is associated with an inflamed bursa around the metatarsal joint. Other toe deformities such as overriding and clawing were common but associated with inflammation over joints only in four patients. Most patients had more than one foot problem; the range was from none to eight problems with a modal value of between three and four problems per patient. Women had significantly more foot problems than men (y2 9.5 (dof---2) p<001). The 14 patients with diabetes mellitus or peripheral arterial disease did not have appreciably more foot problems.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 283 6297 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981