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Bass' syndrome
Synonyms:
Brachymesodactylia-nail dysplasia syndrome, brachydactyly type A5-nail dysplasia.
Associated persons:
Harold N. Bass
Description:
A syndrome characterized by nail dysplasia and brachymesodactyly and marked by absence of the middle phalanges in fingers and lateral four toes and duplication of distal phalanges of the thumbs.
Hypoplasia of aricular cartiage. Both sexes affected, present at birth. Transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait,
Bibliography:
- Harold N. Bass:
Familial absence of middle phalanges with nail dysplasia: a new syndrome.
Pediatrics, Evanston, Illinois, 1968, 42: 318-323.
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