Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 209-216 , February 2012

Cellular Apoptosis and Proliferation in the Middle and Late Intrasynovial Tendon Healing Periods

Received 6 July 2011 ,Accepted 25 October 2011.

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 Supported by grants from the Health Bureau of Jiangsu Province and the Department of Hand Surgery, Nantong University, Natural Science Foundation of China (No 81030035).

 No benefits in any form have been received or will be received related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

PII: S0363-5023(11)01375-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.10.049

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 209-216 , February 2012

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