Congenital fusion of the fourth and fifth metacarpals associated with primary gonadal failure

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-271

  Donovan, William D ^a   Brill, Paula W ^a   Winchester, Patricia ^a   Giampietro, Philip F ^a   Davis, Jessica G ^a   Harbison, Madeleine ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Congenital metacarpal fusion; Gonadal failure; X linked inheritance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

FINGERS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; INFANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; METACARPUS; PEDIGREE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029981898     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050077     Document Type: Article

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