title: A family with complex bilateral polysyndacty.
abstract: A six-generation family with 88 members is described. A curious combination of polydactyly, syndactyly, and triphalangeal malformed thumbs affected about 30% of the members. It is believed that this congenital hand deformity only occurs in an hereditary form.
authors.affiliation: Regional Center of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Nicolai
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Hamel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000235:genetics*