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Dupuytren Society - A non-profit organization dedicated to inform patients and medical doctors. Contains an overview of Dupuytren's contracture, Ledderhose disease and related diseases, including available therapies and a patients' forum.

Dupuytren's Contracture - Discussion paper prepared for The Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. Provides photographs and an overview.

Dupuytren's Contracture - Provides an overview, the treatment, and the surgical procedures to correct it. [PDF]

Dupuytren's Contracture - Find a definition, symptoms, causes, and treatment options.

eMedicine - Dupuytren Contracture - Provides an introduction, clinical features, treatment, differentials, and medications.

Mayo Clinic: Dupuytren's Contracture - Overview covers symptoms and treatment of this rare hand deformity.

MedicineNet - Dupuytren Contracture - Presents the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

A New Theory for the Cause of Dupuytren's Disease - Research and evidence is provided which shows a possible connection with the endocrine/insulin system.

Terrence Barry M.D. - Specializes in treating Dupuytren's Contracture (Vikings Disease) using the Needle Aponeurotomy procedure. Find details about the disease, its symptoms and treatment as well as the procedure.

New Approach for Dupuytren's Contracture: A Newsmaker Interview With Charles Eaton, MD - Medscape article on needle aponeurotomy as a treatment for this condition.