Dupuytren’s overlaps in some ways with the local excessive scarring which occur after a burn injury. This report documents the development of progressive Dupuytren’s disease developing in a young man

If Dupuytren’s is inherited, what are the genes involved? Difficult question. Every cell in a person’s body has the same genes, but every cell is not the same. The differences

Ultimately, Dupuytren’s has to do with cell signalling: normal cells are somehow instructed (“signalled”) to become abnormal, and adjacent cells interact with each other in a progression of abnormal changes.