Triplicated thumbs: a rarity?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1078-1084

  Zuidam, J M ^a   Ananta, M ^a   Hovius, S E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duplication; Radial polydactyly; Thumb; Treatment; Triplication

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PHALANX; POLAND SYNDROME; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYNDACTYLY; THUMB MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLYDACTYLY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THUMB;

EID: 50349095835     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.02.034     Document Type: Article

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