title: [Dupuytren's disease].
abstract: Dupuytren's disease is a contracture of the hand derived from the retractile fibrosis of the palmar aponeurosis, that leads to a progressive deformity in flexion of fingers. It has been named from the French surgeon Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835), that described it in 1831. In this note it is sketched a short biography of Dupuytren and the main clinical features of the disease are described, underlining some particular aspects of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Rhumatologie et Thérapeutique, CHU Guillaume Dupuytren, Limoges, France. richard.treves@unilim.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trèves
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors