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. 2003 Dec;95(12):1198–1200.

Familial clinodactyly of the fifth finger.

Alexander K C Leung 1, C Pion Kao 1
PMCID: PMC2594860  PMID: 14717476

Abstract

We describe a caucasian family of which whom five members in three generations had clinodactyly of the fifth fingers. This report confirms that clinodactyly of the fifth finger can be transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait.

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