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Triphalangeal thumb in association with split hand/foot: a phenotypic marker for SHFM3?
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Jan 2007
Elliott Alison M, Reed Martin H, Evans Jane A
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BACKGROUND: At least five distinct loci have been implicated in split hand foot malformation (SHFM). Establishing genotype/phenotype correlations at the chromosomal level may elucidate responsible developmental genes and improve patient management. In our analysis of previously published genetically mapped SHFM cases, preaxial hand involvement was a significant discriminating variable, most commonly seen at the...
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