Autosomal recessive postaxial polydactyly type A in a Sicilian family.
Postaxial polydactyly type A was present in several members of a Sicilian family. The anomaly was probably transmitted as an autosomal recessive character. Two polydactylous subjects were also beta-thalassaemia carriers, but a linkage between the two mutant genes could be excluded. Two patients with hexadactyly had a fifth digital triradius.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D012802:Sicily; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000235:genetics; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities*