Dupuytren's disease: Diagnosis and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Trojian, Thomas H ^a   Chu, Stephanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; STEROID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34447119428     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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