Preaxial polydactyly of the upper limb viewed as a spectrum of severity of embryonic events

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-124

  Al Qattan, Mohammad M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

classification; embryology; mirror hand; thumb polydactyly; triphalangeal thumb

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 6; GLI3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLI3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HAND2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SALL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SHH PROTEIN, HUMAN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TWIST1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL; ARM MALFORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FINGER; FOREARM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYDACTYLY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 6; FINGERS; FOREARM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYDACTYLY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UPPER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84880747949     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318248b67f     Document Type: Review

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