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Sibling recurrence risk in Dupuytren's disease.
The Journal of hand surgery, European volume - 1 May 2013
Capstick R, Bragg T, Giele H, Furniss D
Abstract excerpt
Dupuytren's disease is a complex condition, with both genetic and environmental factors contributing to its aetiology. We aimed to quantify the extent to which genetic factors predispose to the disease, through the calculation of sibling recurrence risk (ls), and to calculate the proportion of heritability accounted for by currently known genetic loci. From 174 siblings of patients with surgically confirmed...
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