title: Acheiropodia: report on four new Brazilian patients.
abstract: We report on 4 new patients with acheiropodia ("the handless and footless families of Brazil"). This autosomal recessive condition involves all 4 limbs with a well-defined pattern of defects. Two of the patients described here had a small bone fragment in the upper stumps (Bohomoletz bone), an uncommon finding in acheiropodia.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia, UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fett-Conte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richieri-Costa
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital / Q000235:genetics; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree