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Foot polydactyly and polysyndactyly: genetic implications in two families.
The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons - 1 Jan 2000
Hwang Kun, Kim Ei Tae, Lee Se Il
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The purpose of this study was to determine the genetic characteristics of foot polydactyly and identify its inheritance pattern by analyzing familial pedigree. Five cases from 2 Korean families were studied: 1 is a family whose members have been affected for 4 generations and the other for 2 generations. Using peripheral blood samples, we performed chromosomal analysis using the banding technique with Giemsa...
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