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De Quervain Disease

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De Quervain disease affects the retinaculum of the first dorsal wrist compartment, the tendons of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis, and their synovial sheath.

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Draghi, F. (2014). De Quervain Disease. In: Ultrasonography of the Upper Extremity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02162-1_4

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