Dupuytren’s disease
Dupuytren’s disease is a contracture of the hand derived from the retractile fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis, that leads to a progressive deformity in flexion of fingers. It has been named from the French surgeon Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835), that described it in 1831. In this note it is sketc...
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PAGEPress Publications
2011-09-01
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Schriftenreihe: | Reumatismo |
Online Zugang: | http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/276 |