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Oestrogen and Progesterone Hormone Receptors in Dupuytrens DiseaseFrom the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Dupuytrens disease is associated with alcoholism and chronic liver disease, conditions frequently associated with deranged steroid hormone metabolism. The possible influence of endogenous sex steroid hormones on the development of Dupuytrens disease has therefore been investigated. An analysis of diseased palmar fascia for oestrogen and progesterone receptors was undertaken in fifteen patients. Hormone specific receptors were not found in the palmar fascia of our patients with Dupuytrens disease, thus suggesting that other mechanisms or factors contribute to the pathogenesis of this fibrotic process.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 11, No. 3,
463-464 (1986) |
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