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Five Families with Mohr‐Wriedt Type Brachydactyly of the Index Finger
Author(s) -
MIURA Takayuki
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
congenital anomalies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-4520
pISSN - 0914-3505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4520.1990.tb00493.x
Subject(s) - brachydactyly , clinodactyly , phalanx , anatomy , rhombus , index finger , ring finger , proximal phalanx , little finger , medicine , biology , mathematics , geometry , genetics , short stature , gene
Twelve patients with inherited shortening of the middle phalanx of both index fingers were found in 122 patients with congenital clinodactyly without any major hand anomalies. The morbidity rate in females was 53.6% and in male it was 50.0%. Webbing between the second and third toes was found in three, and clinodactyly of the second toe in four. Characteristic features of this anomaly are a short and delta‐shaped or rhombus‐shaped middle phalanx of the index finger. Hand pattern profiles revealed that the middle phalanges of the long and ring fingers are shortened to a variable degree.