title: Dupuytren's disease: history, diagnosis, and treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe the clinical features of the disease. 2. Describe the pathoanatomical structures in Dupuytren's disease. 3. Outline the various factors associated with Dupuytren's disease. 4. Describe the modalities for surgical and nonsurgical treatment of the condition. 5. Outline recent biomolecular knowledge about the basis of Dupuytren's disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dupuytren's disease is characterized by nodule formation and contracture of the palmar fascia, resulting in flexion deformity of the fingers and loss of hand function. The authors review the historical background, clinical features, and current therapy of Dupuytren's disease; preview treatment innovations; and present molecular data related to Dupuytren's disease. These new findings may improve screening for Dupuytren's disease and provide a better understanding of the disease's pathogenesis.
authors: Stanford and Palo Alto, Calif. From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
authors: Robert B
authors: RB
authors: Shaw
authors: Alphonsus K S
authors: AKS
authors: Chong
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Zhang
authors: Vincent R
authors: VR
authors: Hentz
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Chang
mesh_terms: D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods
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