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Atraumatic Necrosis of the Femoral Head: General Report

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Bone Circulation and Vascularization in Normal and Pathological Conditions

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The necrosis or osteonecrosis (ON) of the femoral head consists in the death of the cells of the proximal end of the femur.

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  1. Service de Rhumatologie, CHU de Rangueil, Toulouse, France

    Jacques Arlet

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  1. Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium

    A. Schoutens

  2. Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Rangueil, Toulouse, France

    J. Arlet

  3. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    J. W. M. Gardeniers

  4. Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    S. P. F. Hughes

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Arlet, J. (1993). Atraumatic Necrosis of the Femoral Head: General Report. In: Schoutens, A., Arlet, J., Gardeniers, J.W.M., Hughes, S.P.F. (eds) Bone Circulation and Vascularization in Normal and Pathological Conditions. NATO ASI Series, vol 247. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2838-8_26

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