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A type of osteochondritis in which articular cartilage and associated bone becomes partially or totally detached to form joint loose bodies. Affects mainly the knee, ankle, and elbow joints.
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- Dissecans, Osteochondritis
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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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91(85); was see under OSTEOCHONDRITIS 1985-90
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- Osteochondritis (1966-1984)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Osteochondritis Dissecans. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010008. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010008
- Osteochondritis Dissecans. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteochondritis_dissecans
- Osteochondritis Dissecans. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127556