Epidemiological analysis of rare polydactylies

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 295-303

  Castilla, Eduardo E ^a,c   Da Fonseca, Regina Lugarinho ^a,b   Da Graça Dutra, Maria ^a   Bermejo, Eva ^d   Cuevas, Lourdes ^e   Martínez Frías, Maria Luísa ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CEMIC   (Argentina)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

hexadactyly; polydactyly; polysyndactyly; synpolydactyly; triphalangism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POLAND SYNDROME; POLYDACTYLY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; SYNDACTYLY;

FINGERS; HUMANS; POLYDACTYLY; TOES;

EID: 0029827569     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19961111)65:4<295::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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