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Brachydactyly type A4
Disease definition
A rare congenital limb malformation characterized by short middle phalanges of the 2nd and 5th fingers and absence of the middle phalanges of toes 2 to 5. Occasionally, the 4th digit may be affected and manifests with an abnormally shaped middle phalanx which causes radial deviation of the distal phalanx. Other hand/foot malformations, such as syndactyly, polydactyly, reduction defects and symphalangism, may be associated.
ORPHA:93394
Classification level: DisorderA summary on this disease is available in Português (2008) Deutsch (2019) Español (2019) Français (2019) Italiano (2019) Nederlands (2019)
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Disease review articles
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- English (2008) - Orphanet J Rare Dis


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