A Family with X-Linked Recessive Fusion of Metacarpals IV and V

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 124 A, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Lonardo, Fortunato ^a   Della Monica, Matteo ^a   Riccardi, Giovanni ^b   Riccio, Ilaria ^b   Riccio, Vincenzo ^b   Scarano, Gioacchino ^a  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hand malformation; Metacarpal 4 5 fusion; Metacarpal synostosis; X linked inheritance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FUSION; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SYNOSTOSIS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 0942279748     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20382     Document Type: Article

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