Article
[Dupuytren contracture in North Germany. Epidemiological study of 500 cases].
Der Unfallchirurg - 1 Apr 2001
Brenner P, Krause-Bergmann A, Van V H
Abstract excerpt
Dupuytren's disease is the "classical" hand illness of the north: it affects people of Celtic or Viking descent throughout the whole of northern Europe, whereas it is an unknown disease in the Mediterranean region. Dupuytren's contracture appears to be an extremity-related disease. Owing to the unclear etiology and a lack of up-to-date demographic data for northern Germany this study aims--together with the...
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