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A condition characterized by a series of interrelated digital symptoms and joint changes of the lesser digits and METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINTS of the FOOT. The syndrome can include some or all of the following conditions: hammer toe, claw toe, mallet toe, overlapping fifth toe, curly toe, EXOSTOSIS; HYPEROSTOSIS; interdigital heloma, or contracted toe.
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- Hammertoe Syndrome
- Claw Toe
- Clawtoe
- Hammer Toe
- Mallet Toe
- Claw Toes
- Clawtoes
- Hammer Toes
- Mallet Toes
- Toe, Claw
- Toe, Hammer
- Toe, Mallet
- Toes, Claw
- Toes, Hammer
- Toes, Mallet
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2003
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- Foot Deformities (1979-2002)
- Toes/abnormalities (1966-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hammer Toe Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D037801. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D037801
- Hammer Toe Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_toe
- Hammer Toe Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q602477