webbing, the fingers, toes…

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syndactyly, polysyndactyly, webbing, syndactyly, refers, union of two, fingers, toes, only, skin connection between the two, rarely also include fusion of bones, in the affected digits, webbing, extend partially up between the digits, first joint, extend the entire length, the digits, "polysyndactyly" describes both webbing, presence of an extra number of fingers, toes, syndactyly discovered, an examination of an infant, child, in its most common form, webbing between the 2nd, 3rd toes, form, inherited, not unusual, syndactyly, pattern of other congenital, present from birth, defects involving the skull, face, bones, relatively common causes, hereditary syndactyly, down syndrome, extremely rare causes, apert's syndrome, fetal hydantoin effect, mother took hydantoin, pregnancy, carpenter's syndrome, smith-lemli-opitz syndrome, pfeiffer syndrome, cornelia de lange syndrome, condition, discovered at birth, evaluated, newborn hospital stay, medical history, a physical examination performed, medical history, symptom in detail, fingers, toes, involved, have any other family members had this problem, abnormalities, an infant, webbing, have other symptoms, signs, taken together, define a specific syndrome, diagnosis of condition, a family history, medical history, thorough physical evaluation, laboratory studies, chromosome studies, enzyme assays, x-rays, metabolic studies, ordered to confirm, a suspected disorder, a diagnosis was made by health care provider associated, the webbing, want to note that diagnosis in child's personal medical record.