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A family with complex bilateral polysyndacty
1Regional Center of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
A six-generation family with 88 members is described. A curious combination of polydactyly, syndactyly, and triphalangeal malformed thumbs affected about 30% of the members. It is believed that this congenital hand deformity only occurs in an hereditary form.