Syndactyly: Phenotypes, genetics and current classification

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 817-824

  Malik, Sajid ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

clinical heterogeneity; genetic heterogeneity; syndactyly; syndactyly classification; webbed digits

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; METACARPAL BONE; OLIGODACTYLIA; PHENOTYPE; POLYSYNDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNDACTYLY; SYNPOLYDACTYLY; X CHROMOSOME RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; ZYGODACTYLYL;

HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDACTYLY;

EID: 84864143628     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.14     Document Type: Review

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