Pathogenesis of soft-tissue contracture in club foot

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 641-644

  Sano, Hirotaka ^a,b   Uhthoff, Hans K ^a,c   Jarvis, James G ^a,d   Mansingh, Akshai ^a,e   Wenckebach, Georg F C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Health Science Building ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CADAVER; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIGAMENT; MALE; MICROFILAMENT; MYOFIBROBLAST; PINOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOPSY; CADAVER; CELL MEMBRANE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUBFOOT; COLORING AGENTS; CONTRACTURE; CYTOPLASM; DESMIN; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECURRENCE; VACUOLES; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031855626     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B4.8526     Document Type: Article

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