Unilateral terminal aphalangia in father and daughter - Exogenous or genetic cause?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 366-370

  Neumann, Luitgard ^a   Pelz, Jörg ^a   Kunze, Jürgen ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acheiria; Adactylia; Dysmelia; Terminal aphalangia; Terminal transverse defects

Indexed keywords

THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOREARM; GENES, DOMINANT; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NAILS, MALFORMED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THALIDOMIDE; THUMB;

EID: 0031881044     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980724)78:4<366::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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