Wnt Signaling and Dupuytren's Disease
Author(s) -
Guido H. Dolmans,
Paul M. N. Werker,
Hans Christian Hennies,
Dominic Furniss,
Eleonora A. Festen,
Lude Franke,
Kerstin Becker,
Pieter van der Vlies,
Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel,
Sigrid Tinschert,
Mohammad R. Toliat,
Michael Nothnagel,
André Franke,
Norman Klopp,
H. E. Wichmann,
Peter Nürnberg,
Henk Giele,
Roel A. Ophoff,
Cisca Wijmenga
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1101029
Subject(s) - odds ratio , single nucleotide polymorphism , medicine , case control study , genetics , dupuytren's contracture , disease , genome wide association study , bioinformatics , genotype , biology , gene , surgery , contracture
Dupuytren's disease is a benign fibromatosis of the hands and fingers that leads to flexion contractures. We hypothesized that multiple genetic and environmental factors influence susceptibility to this disease and sought to identify susceptibility genes to better understand its pathogenesis.
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