Dupuytren's contracture

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Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Palmar fibromatosis and colloquially Viking disease, Viking hand or Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become permanently bent in a flexed position.

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