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Hypopituitarism and Legg-Calve-Perthes disease related to difficult delivery
Veysel Nijat Baş, Salih Uytun, Ümit Erkan Vurdem, Yasemin Altuner Torun
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(7):270-273.   Published online July 22, 2015

Legg-Calve-Perthes (LCP) disease is characterized by idiopathic avascular osteonecrosis of the epiphysis of the femur head. The main factor that plays a role in the etiology of the disease is decreased blood flow to the epiphysis. Many predisposing factors have been suggested in the etiology of LCP disease, and most have varying degrees of effects. Here we present the case...

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