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Patterns of Dupuytren disease in fingers: studying correlations with a multivariate ordinal logit model.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery - 1 Sept 2014
Lanting Rosanne, Nooraee Nazanin, Werker Paul M N, van den Heuvel Edwin R
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BACKGROUND: Dupuytren disease affects fingers in a variable fashion. Knowledge about specific disease patterns (phenotype) based on location and severity of the disease is lacking. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 344 primary affected hands with Dupuytren disease were physically examined. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the coexistence of Dupuytren disease in pairs of fingers was calculated,...
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