The metacarpal index in homozygous sickle-cell disease
- 4 April 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 61 (724), 280-281
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-61-724-280
Abstract
The metacarpal index (MCI) was measured in 240 patients with homozygous sickle-cell (SS) disease and in 1082 normal persons constituting a comparison group. The MCI was greater in females than in males, but there appeared to be no significant difference between genotypes. Arachnodactyly may occur in some patients with SS disease, but there is no evidence of a genotype-related increase in metacarpal index.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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