diabetic hand syndrome

diabetic hand syndrome
the combination of features, often found in the hands of long-standing diabetic subjects, consisting of Dupuytren's contracture, knuckle pads, carpal tunnel syndrome, cheiroarthropathy, and sclerosing tenosynovitis.

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