Bone circulatory disturbances in the development of spontaneous bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis: A translational model for the pathogenesis of femoral head necrosis

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Wideman, Robert F ^a   Prisby, Rhonda D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral head necrosis; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874253873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00183     Document Type: Article

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