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Significant familial clustering of Peyronie's disease in close and distant relatives.
Andrology - 1 Oct 2022
Allen-Brady Kristina L, Christensen Michael B, Sandberg Ashlynn D, Pastuszak Alexander W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Peyronie's disease (PD) has previously been observed to co-aggregate in a small number of first-degree relative pairs (e.g., father-son). However, the familial aggregation of PD in more distant relatives, as well as the aggregation of Dupuytren's disease (DD) in probands and relatives, has not been thoroughly investigated. OBJECTIVE: This study explored the evidence for familial clustering of PD and...
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