Synpolydactyly: Clinical and molecular advances

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Malik, Sajid ^a   Grzeschik, K H ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Clinical heterogeneity; Genetic heterogeneity; HOXD13 morphopathies; Synpolydactyly

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXD13 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SYNDACTYLY;

GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; SYNDACTYLY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 38349181101     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00935.x     Document Type: Review

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