Careful analysis of clinical and radiological features of both webbing of normal fingers and typical split hand, suggests that these two types of malformations should not be classified separately. Study of human embryos and experimental malformations of the apical ectodermal ridge, supplies a resonable explanation for the close relation between webbing of normal fingers and typical split hand.
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Takayuki Miura (1976) studied this question.
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