Article
Evaluation of qualitative methods for phenotyping brachymesophalangia-V from radiographs of children.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Williams Kimberly D, Nahhas Ramzi W, Cottom Carol R, Lawrence Sharon, Subedi Janardan, Jha Bharat, Czerwinski Stefan A, Blangero John, Williams-Blangero Sarah, Towne Bradford
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Brachymesophalangia-V (BMP-V), the general term for a short and broad middle phalanx of the 5th digit, presents both alone and in a large number of complex brachydactylies and developmental disorders. Past anthropological and epidemiological studies of growth and development have examined the prevalence of BMP-V because small developmental disorders may signal more complex disruptions of skeletal...
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