Dupuytren's disease : A predominant reason for elective finger amputation in adults

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-497

  Degreef, I ^a   De Smet, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dupuytrens's disease; Finger amputation; Hand surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349499176     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2009.11680467     Document Type: Article

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