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POLYDACTYLY, POSTAXIAL

Known as: Postaxial hexadactyly, Postaxial polydactyly 
A form of polydactyly in which the extra digit or digits are localized on the side of the fifth finger or fifth toe. [HPO:probinson]
National Institutes of Health

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AU-KLINE SYNDROMEAcrocephalopolysyndactyly type 2Arima syndromeAsphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy 2

Broader (3)

FingersPolydactylyToes

Narrower (3)

Polydactyly, Postaxial, Type A1Postaxial polydactyly type AUlnar polydactyly of fingers

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Bmp4 in limb bud mesoderm regulates digit pattern by controlling AER development.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Mutations in MKKS cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome
A.M.Slavotinek et al.Nature Genet. 26, 15–16 (2001). Two recent reports1,2 describing mutations in the gene for McKusick-Kaufman… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The phenotypic spectrum of GLI3 morphopathies includes autosomal dominant preaxial polydactyly type-IV and postaxial polydactyly type-A/B; No phenotype prediction from the position of GLI3 mutations.
Functional characterization of a gene often requires the discovery of the full spectrum of its associated phenotypes. Mutations… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Human developmental disorders and the Sonic hedgehog pathway.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Prx1 and Prx2 in skeletogenesis: roles in the craniofacial region, inner ear and limbs.
Prx1 and Prx2 are closely related paired-class homeobox genes that are expressed in very similar patterns predominantly in… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Diagnosis of the Meckel-Gruber syndrome at eleven to fourteen weeks' gestation.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome associated with renal dysplasia and embryonal tumor: localization of the gene to Xqcen-q21.
We report 6 affected males in a 5-generation family with x-linked Simpson-Golabi-Behmel (SGB) syndrome. All had pre- and… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Congenital hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, hypopituitarism, imperforate anus and postaxial polydactyly--a new syndrome? Part I: clinical, causal, and pathogenetic considerations.
We report on six infants with a neonatally lethal malformation syndrome of hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, postaxial polydactyly… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Congenital hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, hypopituitarism, imperforate anus, and postaxial polydactyly--a new syndrome? Part II: Neuropathological considerations.
Unusual and virtually identical hypothalamic tumors were recently studied in three unrelated neonates with a similar complex… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
A syndrome of severe midface retraction, multiple skull anomalies, clubfeet, and cardiac and renal malformations in sibs.
A brother and sister presented with an uncommon malformation syndrome consisting of severe midface hypoplasia, congenital heart… 
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