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Shearer's Knuckles
Author(s) -
WILSON W. F.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1972.tb06777.x
Subject(s) - medicine , knuckle , contracture , dupuytren's contracture , feature (linguistics) , anatomy , similarity (geometry) , distinctive feature , artificial intelligence , surgery , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , image (mathematics)
A distinctive feature of a shearer's hand is recorded. The similarity of the shearer's knuckle pads to those which occur in association with Dupuytren's contracture is noted and a distinction drawn.