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A 1-year-old female child with congenital humeroradial synostosis, who also had microphthalmia and coloboma of the iris and choroidea is described. This is the second case in the literature in which chromosomal studies have revealed no abnormalities. Dermatoglyphic studies are also described.
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Say, B., Balci, S. & Atasu, M. Humeroradial synostosis. Hum Genet 19, 341–343 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00278416
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