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We report on 4 new patients with acheiropodia ("the handless and footless families of Brazil"). This autosomal recessive condition involves all 4 limbs with a well-defined pattern of defects. Two of the patients described here had a small bone fragment in the upper stumps (Bohomoletz bone), an uncommon finding in acheiropodia.
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Fett‐Conte et al. (1990) studied this question.
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