## Abstract The objective of the study was to evaluate the distributions of (1) cells expressing the contractile actin isoform, α‐smooth muscle actin (α‐SMA) and (2) a lubricating and antiadhesion glycoprotein, lubricin, in the tissue around loose joint replacement prostheses in human subjects. Per
α-Smooth muscle actin containing contractile fibroblastic cells in human knee arthrofibrosis tissue
✍ Scribed by Frank N. Unterhauser; Ulrich Bosch; Johannes Zeichen; Andreas Weiler
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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