Correlations Between Clinical Presentations of Adult Trigger Digits and Histologic Aspects of the A1 Pulley

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1429-1435

  Drossos, K ^a   Remmelink, M ^a   Nagy, N ^a   de Maertelaer, V ^a   Pasteels, J L ^a   Schuind, F ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

A1 digital pulley; fibrocartilage; light microscopy; metaplasia; Trigger digit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FIBROCARTILAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

EID: 70349623431     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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