Congenital duplication of the palm syndrome

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-343

  Al Qattan, M M ^a,c   Eyaid, Wafaa ^b   Al Balwi, Mohammed ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Duplication; Limb pelvis aplasia syndrome; Palm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; PALM SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; SYNDROME; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 34548281259     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000251486.89375.03     Document Type: Article

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