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We describe here a 14-year old male patient with a life-long history of deformities of hands and feet, swelling of both knees and both wrists and limited motion of hips and elbows. His paternal aunt has similar findings. A two-month-old brother developed flexion deformities of the hands similar to those of the patients.
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Hammoudeh, M., Siam, A.R. Familial hypertrophic synovitis. Clin Rheumatol 12, 401–404 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231588
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231588