Terminal phalangeal accessory ossification center of the thumb: An additional radiographic finding in Larsen syndrome

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 970-973

  Alanay, Yasemin ^a,b   Utine, Gulen Eda ^a   Lachman, Ralph S ^b,c   Krakow, Deborah ^b,c   Tuncbilek, Ergul ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory thumb ossification; Bifid thumb; Filamin B; Larsen syndrome

Indexed keywords

FILAMIN; FILAMIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LARSEN SYNDROME; PES EQUINOVARUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SYNDROME; THUMB;

EID: 33746866663     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0217-z     Document Type: Article

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