Fanconi anemia with concurrent thumb polydactyly and dorsal dimelia: A case report with discussion of embryology

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-118

  Al Qattan, M M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

dorsal dimelia; Fanconi anemia; radial ray deficiency; thumb polydactyly

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; POLYDACTYLY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; THUMB;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POLYDACTYLY; THUMB;

EID: 84871609044     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31822f9960     Document Type: Review

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