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Abstract
A developmental deformity in which the metaphysis of the FEMUR moves proximally and anteriorly away from FEMUR HEAD (epiphysis) at the upper GROWTH PLATE. It is most common in male adolescents and is associated with a greater risk of early OSTEOARTHRITIS of the hip.
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- Adolescent Coxa Vara
- Epiphysiolysis Capitis Femoris
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
- Slipped Femoral Capital Epiphyses
- Adolescent Coxa Varas
- Coxa Vara, Adolescent
- Bilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses
- Bilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
- Unilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses
- Unilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, 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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2012
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- Epiphyses, Slipped (1966-2011)
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- National Library of Medicine. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D060048. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D060048
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipped_capital_femoral_epiphysis
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphyses. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442615