Diseases

Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

A particular type of FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.

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Abstract

A particular type of FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Coxa Plana
  • Legg-Calve-Perthes Syndrome
  • Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
  • Legg-Calvé-Perthes Syndrome
  • Legg-Perthes Disease
  • Osteochondritis Deformans
  • Perthes Disease
  • Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes
  • Disease, Legg-Calvé-Perthes
  • Disease, Legg-Perthes
  • Disease, Perthes
  • Legg Calve Perthes Disease
  • Legg Calve Perthes Syndrome
  • Legg Calvé Perthes Disease
  • Legg Calvé Perthes Syndrome
  • Legg Perthes Disease
  • Osteochondritis Deforman
  • Syndrome, Legg-Calve-Perthes
  • Syndrome, Legg-Calvé-Perthes

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2012 (1963); for COXA PLANA see OSTEOCHRONDRITIS 1963-1978

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Previous Indexing

  • Femur Head (1966-1972)
  • Femur Head Necrosis (1973-1974)
  • Necrosis (1966-1972)
  • Osteochondritis (1966-1974)

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NLM Classification

WE 865

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007873. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007873
  2. Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legg%E2%80%93Calv%C3%A9%E2%80%93Perthes_disease
  3. Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1456403