De Smet L, Fabry G
Orthopaedic Departement, University Hospital Pellenberg, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.
J Pediatr Orthop B. 1998 Apr;7(2):158-61. doi: 10.1097/01202412-199804000-00014.
The clinical and radiologic spectrum of symbrachydactyly has been extended, on the basis of experimental embryology, into four categories: typical symbrachydactyly, atypical cleft hand, monodactyly, and adactyly. The origin of this embryologic failure is probably a vascular disruption. A series of 64 hands and 3 feet are reported, indicating associated anomalies and possible etiologic features.