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Human Dupuytren's Ex Vivo Culture for the Study of Myofibroblasts and Extracellular Matrix Interactions
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[Dupuytren contracture in childhood]
Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, Plastische Chirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Handchirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Mikrochirurgie Der Peripheren Nerven Und Gefasse : Organ Der V
|May 1, 1985
Abstract:
A two-year old boy suffered a contracture of the second and third digit beginning at the age of seven months. The clinical examination suggested a diagnosis of early Dupuytren's disease. A partial fasciectomy was performed. Histological examination showed a fibrosis palmaris similar to Dupuytren's disease. The biochemical examination (Glycans, hyaluronic acid, chrondroitinsulfat, dermatansulfat and heparansulfat) showed also changes in the extracellular proteoglycanmatrix similar to those found in adult Dupuytren's disease.
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