The Apert syndrome hand: Pathologic anatomy and clinical manifestations

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1681-1687

  Holten, Ian W R ^a,b   Smith, A Wayne ^a   Bourne, Anthony J ^a   David, David J ^a  

^a Queen Mary's University Hospital ^*

^b QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MESENCHYME; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYNDACTYLY;

EID: 0030924725     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199705010-00031     Document Type: Article

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