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Polydactyly

Polydactyly (commonly known as sixth finger and extra finger) is a birth defect that results in extra fingers or toes. The hands are more commonly involved than the feet. Extra fingers may be painful, affect self-esteem, or result in clumsiness.

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Complications
Pain, low self-esteem, clumsiness
Frequency
4 to 12 per 10,000
Other names
Hyperdactyly; polydactylism; supernumerary digits
Specialty
Medical genetics
Symptoms
Extra fingers or toes
Treatment
Surgery

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Polydactyly

Nodes157
Edges156
Triples247
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012739
Components1

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Polydactyly

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related to People affected · 81
Polydactyly → African-American, Akshat Saxena, Aljubarrota, Almeida, American, Antonio Alfonseca, Bangalore, Battle, Bollywood, Brazil, Brežice, Brites, California, Calvin Choy, Castilian, Chicago-based American, China, Chinese, Creation, Da Silva
related to Central · 32
Polydactyly → After, All, Bardet, Biedl, Central, Early, Few, Hall, Holt, However, Hypoplastic, III, In, In Tada's, IP, Left, Legius, Meckel, Of, Oram
related to Ulnar · 22
Polydactyly → According, Bardet, Biedl, Creveld, Down, Ellis, Greig, II, III, In, Kaufman, Lemli, McKusick, MCPJ, Meckel, Opitz, Smith, Temtamy, The, This
has cause · 16
Polydactyly → From, GLI3, Hemingway, Hoxa, Hoxd, Hoxd13, In, Interactions, Mutations, Normally SHH, Notch, Other, SHH, This, Wnt, ZPA
related to Other animals · 16
Polydactyly → Cats, Chickens, Conversely, Dogs, Dorking, Faverolle, Great Pyrenees, Houdan, Lincolnshire Buff, Meusienne, Mixed-breed, Norwegian Lundehund, Polydactyl, Silkie Bantams, Sultan, The
related to Epidemiology · 15
Polydactyly → Alabama, Asian, Black, Finley, In, Jefferson County, Native American, Postaxial, Preaxial, Sweden, The, This, United States, Uppsala County, White
related to Radial · 14
Polydactyly → Because, Brocks, Fanconi, Greig, Holt, Instead, Oram, Surgery, Surgical, The, The Wassel, Townes, Type VII, Wassel
related to Ulnar or postaxial · 10
Polydactyly → African, Africans, Caucasians, In, It, Most, Mostly, The, This, Ulnar
related to Diagnosis · 7
Polydactyly → As, Classification, Frantz, In, O'Rahilly, Swanson, These
related to Radial or preaxial · 6
Polydactyly → Indian, It, Radial, The, This, Thumb

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thumb hand ulnar extra fingers digit toes type finger may six also radial duplication one syndrome common digits central treatment

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PolydactylyComplicationsPain, low self-esteem, clumsiness1.00infobox
PolydactylyFrequency4 to 12 per 10,0001.00infobox
PolydactylyOther namesHyperdactyly; polydactylism; supernumerary digits1.00infobox
PolydactylySpecialtyMedical genetics1.00infobox
PolydactylySymptomsExtra fingers or toes1.00infobox
PolydactylyTreatmentSurgery1.00infobox
PolydactylyTypesSyndromic Non-syndromic: Pre-axial, axial or central, postaxial1.00infobox
PolydactylyUsual onsetEarly development1.00infobox
Polydactylyis aphenotypic variation or innovation0.90text
guinea pigsinstance ofand small mammals0.80text
miceinstance ofand small mammals0.80text
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