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Cushing proximal symphalangism and the NOG and GDF5 genes.
Pediatric radiology - 1 Feb 2008
Plett Sara K, Berdon Walter E, Cowles Robert A, Oklu Rahmi, Campbell John B
Abstract excerpt
Proximal symphalangism (SYM1) is an autosomal-dominant developmental disorder of joint fusion. This disorder is best known from famous historical descriptions of two large kindred: Cushing's description in 1916 of the "straight-fingered" Brown family of Virginia and Drinkwater's description in 1917 of the British Talbot family of noble blood, descended from the English war hero John Talbot, the first Earl of...
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