"Syndactyly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A congenital anomaly of the hand or foot, marked by the webbing between adjacent fingers or toes. Syndactylies are classified as complete or incomplete by the degree of joining. Syndactylies can also be simple or complex. Simple syndactyly indicates joining of only skin or soft tissue; complex syndactyly marks joining of bony elements.
| Descriptor ID |
D013576
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.370.894.819 C05.660.585.800 C05.660.906.819 C16.131.621.585.800 C16.131.621.906.819
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| Concept/Terms |
Syndactyly- Syndactyly
- Syndactylies
- Syndactylia
- Syndactylias
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Syndactyly" by people in Profiles.
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Petrof G, Nanda A, Howden J, Takeichi T, McMillan JR, Aristodemou S, Ozoemena L, Liu L, South AP, Pourreyron C, Dafou D, Proudfoot LE, Al-Ajmi H, Akiyama M, McLean WH, Simpson MA, Parsons M, McGrath JA. Mutations in GRHL2 result in an autosomal-recessive ectodermal Dysplasia syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2014 Sep 4; 95(3):308-14.
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Guha U, Gomes WA, Kobayashi T, Pestell RG, Kessler JA. In vivo evidence that BMP signaling is necessary for apoptosis in the mouse limb. Dev Biol. 2002 Sep 1; 249(1):108-20.