Article
Phenotypic analysis of triphalangeal thumb and associated hand malformations.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jun 1994
Zguricas J, Snijders P J, Hovius S E, Heutink P, Oostra B A, Lindhout D
Abstract excerpt
Triphalangeal thumb (TPT), a long, finger-like thumb with three phalanges instead of two, is regarded as a subtype of preaxial polydactyly. It can occur as a sporadic disorder, but is more often seen as a dominant familial trait. We describe four white Dutch families in which triphalangeal thumb...
Topics
- Adult
- Child
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Dominant
- Hand Deformities, Congenital
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Netherlands
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Polydactyly
- Prevalence
- Syndactyly
- Thumb