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Rare Disease

split hand

MONDO:0017449

Also known as:ectrodactyly of handsplit hand (disease)

Overview

Split hand is a rare, non-syndromic limb reduction defect, clinically and genetically heterogeneous, characterized by bilateral or unilateral underdevelopment or absence of the central rays of the autopod, with absence of all or just some of the central phalanges and at least part of the associated metacarpal bones, yielding a cleft appearance of the hand. It is frequently associated with syndactyly and aplasia/hypoplasia of remaining digits and metacarpal bones. No other dysmorphic features are observed and development is appropriate for age.

Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for split hand has been reported in the published literature.

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for split hand.

102 publications have been identified in PubMed for split hand. Kisho has analyzed 75 by research type. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (28%), Review / Meta-Analysis (25%), and Diagnostic / Biomarker (13%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Patient case studies	21	28%

Data assembled from 3 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC

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Medical References

External Resources

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:294992

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split hand

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