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Abstract

Camptodactyly (Landouzy 1906) [also called streblo(micro)dactyly, campylodactyly, crooked little finger, dropped finger, hammer finger, doigt crochu etc.] is a hereditary flexion contracture of a PIP joint.

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Blauth, W., Schneider-Sickert, F.R. (1980). Camptodactyly. In: Congenital Deformities of the Hand. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67654-3_12

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