Shortened Fingers (IMAGE)

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association

Shortened Fingers

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Shortened fingers, called brachydactyly, are a symptom by which members of a Turkish family can determine whether they will suffer from high blood pressure already at a young age. Brachydactyly is always inherited in this family in combination with hypertension. Above the hands of a woman with the disease, below the hands of a healthy woman as comparison. (Photo: Hakan Toka/ Copyright: MDC)

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(Photo: Hakan Toka/ Copyright: MDC)

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