Relaxin is a natural hormone which does many things and normally increases during pregnancy. It has been shown to have a range of antifibrotic actions: it inhibits collagen synthesis, increases

A very readable review of Dupuytren’s Disease from a surgeon’s perspective: http://www.dupuytrenfoundation.org/DupPDFs/1985_Hill.pdf

Is Dupuytren’s a tumor – an independent growth, or is it a reaction of normal tissues to a stimulus? Is a woman one person or several people sharing the same