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Review of Partial Fasciectomy for Dupuytren's Contracture in Southern Chinese Patients

Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation, 2012
Dupuytren's contracture is a fibroproliferative disease of the palmar fascia producing fascial fibrosis in nodular or cord form, and results in flexion contracture of the involved fingers.
Wai-Chung Chan, Siu-Ho Wan, Fu-Keung Ip
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Novel Ex Vivo Culture Method for the Study of Dupuytren's Disease: Effects of TGFβ Type 1 Receptor Modulation by Antisense Oligonucleotides

Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2014
Dupuytren's disease (DD) is a benign fibroproliferative disease of the hand. It is characterized by the excessive production of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, which form a strong fibrous tissue between the handpalm and fingers, permanently ...
Sofia Karkampouna, Boudewijn PT Kruithof, Peter Kloen, Miryam C Obdeijn, Annelies MA van der Laan, Hans J Tanke, Dwi U Kemaladewi, Willem MH Hoogaars, Peter AC 't Hoen, Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Ian M Clark, Peter ten Dijke, Marie-José Goumans, Marianna Kruithof-de Julio   +13 more
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Evaluation of the Effects of Fasciectomy on Finger Contracture in Patients with Dupuytren's Disease

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2017
Background: Dupuytren's disease is a soft-tissue benign disease diagnosed by progressive and irreversible fibrosis in hand's palmar fascia. The prevalence of Dupuytren's disease is 0.5-11 percent and the incidence is 3 cases per 10,000 persons in a year.
Abolghasem Zarezadeh, Abdolrasoul Layeghi, Sayed Mohammad Hosein Jamaloddini   +2 more
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Focal neuromyotonia: do I love you? [PDF]

, 2018
We present a rare case of focal neuromyotonia in a 73-year-old woman with a follow up of 5years. The clinical picture showed a fixed contraction of the 3rd and 4th finger of the left hand.
Gantenbein, A., Meuli-Simmen, C., Schwegler, G., Wiederkehr, M.   +3 more
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Epidemiological analysis of patients with Dupuytren's disease

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
Objective: To evaluate the risk factors and analyze the characteristics of patients and lesions in Dupuytren's disease. Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with Dupuytren's disease in a hand surgery clinic in 2013.
Henrique Gonçalves Mansur, Edmo Rodrigues de Oliveira, Cesar Barbosa Gonçalves   +2 more
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The importance of multiple Z- plasty- assisted physical therapy in the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Background The palmar aponeurosis is extremely adherent to the skin above it. Many of the pre-tendinous coarse fibers enter the dermis at an angle, not just in the palmar creases but also throughout the palm.
Nader Gomaa Elmelegy, Dalia Nader
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Dupuytren’s Contracture in Athletes

Quality in Sport
Background. Dupuytren’s contracture is a fibrotic condition of the hand, traditionally associated with age, genetics, and metabolic factors. However, recent observations suggest it may also appear in younger individuals with high physical activity ...
Tomasz Antczak, Monika Gajda-Bathelt , Monika Dąbek, Katarzyna Jania, Zuzanna Perlicka , Karolina Smolińska , Paulina Sadkowska , Julia Kulczycka , Weronika Popow , Michał Ciołkosz   +9 more
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Reduced WNT4 expression in normal skin fibroblasts leads to ‘Dupuytren-like’ changes in the transcriptome

Heliyon
Background: Dupuytren's disease (DD) is a fibro-proliferative disorder of unknown aetiology. Previous studies have implicated multiple WNT signalling genes/proteins in Dupuytren pathology, including WNT4.
Aoife O'Brien, Andrew Stevenson, Lucy Barrett, Nicholas B. Lawler, Nicole Hortin, Zhenjun Deng, Amira Allahham, Fabio Quondamatteo, Nicole Smith, K. Swaminathan Iyer, Fiona M. Wood, Mark W. Fear   +11 more
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Molecular genetics of Dupuytren’s contracture

EFORT Open Reviews
Dupuytren’s contracture (DC) is a fibroproliferative disorder of the palmar fascia characterised by the digits’ flexion contractures and is associated with abnormal build-up of type III collagen.
Shankar Aissvarya, King-Hwa Ling, Manohar Arumugam, Karuppiah Thilakavathy   +3 more
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