What is Dupuytren’s contracture and how serious is it? - English actor Bill Nighy also suffers with the condition.

Dupuytren's disease is a debilitating condition characterized by the abnormal thickening and shortening of palm tissue, leading to the formation of claw-like finger deformities.

Dupuytren’s disease is thought to develop following micro-trauma (sustained in normal activity) to the palmar tissue. In most people, these unnoticeable injuries would heal uneventfully, but in those ...

Dupuytren’s Disease is a condition almost entirely restricted to people of Northern European descent and is most common in patients over the age of 60.

Dupuytren's disease is a common condition that many people have probably never heard of. The disease causes knots of tissue to form under the skin of the hand, slowly pulling one or more fingers into ...

Charles Eaton, M.D. created the Dupuytren Foundation, a public charity established to promote global research to find a cure for Dupuytren’s disease and related conditions. Dr. Eaton is inter… ...

A new study finds that the key genetic risk factors for Dupuytren's disease, a crippling hand disorder, are derived from Neanderthals.

10. Numerous biochemical pathways are being studied to aid in the management of Dupuytren’s disease. Which of the following pathways plays an integral role in myofibroblast contraction?

The genes that cause "Viking disease," or Dupuytren's contracture, probably came from our Neanderthal ancestors. Hugo Zeberg Poor Neanderthals just couldn’t catch a break. Our ancient ancestors ...

Thanks to a genetic disorder passed down from my Norwegian ancestors, my left pinky was useless. Here's the saga of my Vikings disease experience.

Injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren's disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size.