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Preferred term

Dupuytren Contracture  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Contracture, Dupuytren's
  • Dupuytren's Contracture
  • Dupuytrens Contracture

Scope note

  • A fibromatosis of the palmar fascia characterized by thickening and contracture of the fibrous bands on the palmar surfaces of the hand and fingers. It arises most commonly in men between the ages of 30 and 50.

History note

  • 2010(1963)

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • contractura Dupuytren
  • contractura fasciae palmaris
  • Dupuytren
  • Dupuytrenin kontraktuura
  • Dupuytrenin koukistuma
  • Dupuytrenin kutistuma
  • Dupuytrenin kutistuskoukistuma
  • fibromatosis aponeurosis palmaris
  • kämmenen kalvojänteen fibromatoosi
  • kämmenen kalvojänteen kutistuma
  • kämmenen kalvokoukistuma
  • kämmenkalvon kuroumatauti
  • Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004387

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