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Bánki's syndrome

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A syndrome of lunate and cuneiform bone fusion, clinodactyly, clinometacarpy, brachymetacarpy, and leptometacarpy (thin diaphysis). Autosomal dominant inheritance.

Bánki described a Hungarian family, affected in three generations.

Bibliography

  • Z. Bánki
    Kombination erblicher Gelenk- und Knochenanomalien an der Hand. Zwei neue Roentgenzeichen.
    Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen, 1965, 103: 598-604.

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