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From Biblical days, the occurrence of six toes instead of five, called polydactyly, has been known. Of late, there have been some individual case reports from USA and Italy. Moreover, a group formed from several countries has dealt competently with genetic studies of 19 preaxial polydactyly families. Therefore, we report a case from Nigeria.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Arthritis
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2167-7921
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7921.1000180