The role of inherited thrombotic disorders in the etiology of Legg- Calve-Perthes disease

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-83

  Gallistl, Siegfried ^a,c   Reitinger, Thomas ^b   Linhart, Wolfgang ^b   Muntean, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Univ Klin fur Kinder Jugendheilk   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inherited thrombophilia; Legg Calve Perthes disease

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTITHROMBIN III; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PERTHES DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032958505     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199901000-00018     Document Type: Article

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