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Rare cardiac defect in Holt-Oram syndrome.
Cardiovascular journal of Africa - 12 Mar 2012
Sinha R, Nema C
Abstract excerpt
Holt-Oram syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition associated with skeletal malformations of the upper limbs, and congenital heart disease. Approximately 40% of cases represent new mutations. Defective development of the embryonic radial ray (e.g. aplasia, hypoplasia, fusion, other anomalous development) results in a wide spectrum of phenotypes, including triphalangeal or absent thumbs, foreshortened arms and...
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