The Contracting Fibroblast as a Clue to Dupuytren’s Contracture
- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Hand
- Vol. 8 (1), 10-12
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0072-968x(76)90052-8
Abstract
Examination of fibrous tissue from various sites in the palm reveals the presence of myofibroblasts only in the nodules, underlining their primary role in the production of contracture.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Myofibroblasts in human granulation tissueHuman Pathology, 1974
- Dupuytrenʼs ContractureJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1959