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Dermatoglyphs and brachial plexus palsy.
Collegium antropologicum - 1 Sept 2006
Polovina Svetislav, Cvjeticanin Miljenko, Milicić Jasna, Proloscić Tajana Polovina
Abstract excerpt
Perinatal brachial plexus palsy (PBPP) is a handicap quite commonly encountered in daily routine. Although birth trauma is considered to be the major cause of the defect, it has been observed that PBPP occurs only in some infants born under identical or nearly identical conditions. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis of genetic predisposition for PBPP. It is well known that digito-palmar...
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