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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1971;53:987-993.
© 1971 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly

A HERITABLE DISORDER OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

RODNEY K. BEALS M.D.1 and FREDERICK HECHT M.D.1

1 From the Division of Orthopedic Surgery and the Crippled Children's Division, University of Oregon Medical School, Portland, Oregon

Twelve kindreds with congenital contractural arachnodactyly, a distinct syndrome of arachnodactyly, dolichostenomelia, contractures, scoliosis, characteristic ear shape, and normal intelligence that is transmitted by autosomal dominant inheritance have been identified in the literature and two additional kindreds described.


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