Complex camptopolydactyly: An unusual hand malformation

✍ Scribed by Phadke, Shubha R.; Gautam, Prachi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 20 KB
• Volume: 83
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-7299
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990319)83:3<191::aid-ajmg9>3.0.co;2-w

✦ Synopsis

Different types of polydactylies and other hand malformations are commonly seen. Here, we describe a very unusual type of hand malformation characterised by campto-polydactyly with totally disorganised configuration of digits. The role of possible genes involved in development of hands and digits is discussed. Am.