Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 8
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Keriorrhea (waxy diarrhea), a new sign to bear in mind

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5614/2018

Antonio M.ª Caballero-Mateos, Antonio Damián Sánchez-Capilla, Eduardo Redondo-Cerezo,

Abstract
Due to the increasing intake of raw fish, the appearance of keriorrhea in our environment has become more and more frequent. We present three clinical cases in order to aknowledge this sign and avoid unnecesary diagnostic tests.
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Publication history

Received: 20/03/2018

Accepted: 23/03/2018

Online First: 14/06/2018

Published: 30/07/2018

Article Online First time: 86 days

Article editing time: 132 days


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