Dupuytren's contracture unfolded

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7538, 2006, Pages 397-400

  Townley, W A ^a,c   Baker, R ^a   Sheppard, N ^b   Grobbelaar, A O ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; RETINOL; STEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLINTING; UNITED KINGDOM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FASCIA; FINGER JOINT; HAND MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLINT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; FASCIA; FINGER JOINT; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPLINTS;

EID: 33644851539     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7538.397     Document Type: Review

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