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Congenital Deformities of the Hands and Upper Limbs and Associated Syndromes

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Congenital Deformities of the Hand and Upper Limb

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The congenital deformities of the hands and upper limbs can appear in both various syndromes and generalized skeletal deformity syndromes, and they are descried, respectively, as follows.

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Xu, J., Shen, H., Wang, W., Chen, B., Ding, S. (2017). Congenital Deformities of the Hands and Upper Limbs and Associated Syndromes. In: Wang, W., Yao, J. (eds) Congenital Deformities of the Hand and Upper Limb. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5101-2_11

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