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Dupuytren's contracture is named after Guillaume Dupuytren.
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Is it true that Dupuytren's contracture is named after Guillaume Dupuytren?
Yes. Dupuytren's contracture is indeed named after the French anatomist and military surgeon Guillaume Dupuytren, who famously described and operated on the condition.
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Wikipedia: Dupuytren's contracture. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren%27s_contracture
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Wikipedia: Guillaume Dupuytren. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Dupuytren
Refers to Baron Guillaume Dupuytren and his work on the disease.
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PLOS (all journals): Late Complications of Clinical Clostridium Histolyticum Collagenase Use in Dupuytren's Disease. (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043406
Explains that Guillaume Dupuytren gave his name to the condition.
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Semantic Scholar peS2o: The Baron's complaint. (n.d.). Semantic Scholar peS2o. https://investigativegenetics.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/2041-2223-2-18
Associates the condition with early descriptions by Guillaume Dupuytren.
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PubMed / MEDLINE: PubMed: An insight into Dupuytren's contracture.. (n.d.). PubMed / MEDLINE. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1616255/
Lists the contracture as described by Baron Guillaume Dupuytren.
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WikEM: WikEM: Eponyms (C-E). (n.d.). WikEM. https://wikem.org/wiki/Eponyms_(C-E)
States the condition is named after Guillaume Dupuytren.
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Wikipedia: Wikipedia: Jacques Balsan. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Balsan
Explicitly states the condition is named after Guillaume Dupuytren.
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Simple English Wikipedia: Simple English Wikipedia: Dupuytren's contracture. (n.d.). Simple English Wikipedia. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren's_contracture
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