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Dupuytrens Disease in African-AmericansFrom the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Correspondence: M. H. Gonzalez MD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (MC844), 209 Medical Sciences South, 901 S. Wolcott M/C 844, Chicago, IL 60612–7342, USA. Seventeen African-American patients were operated on for Dupuytrens contracture over a 14-year period. Six-month minimum follow-up was available for 16 patients. The initial deformity, and results of surgical release of Dupuytrens contracture in this population was similar to that described in North Europeans.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 23, No. 3,
306-307 (1998) |
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