| Perthes' disease |
inflammation of the growing head of a femur; a type of osteochondritis juvenilis
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| Perthes' disease |
a form of avascular necrosis of the hip occuring in children or adolescents. It causes a limp with hip or knee pain between the ages of 5 and 11 with boys normally more affected than girls.
Ãâó: www.arc.org.uk/about_arth/glossary.htm
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| Perthes' d. |
Legg-Calvé-Perthes d.
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| Perthes' disease, test |
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease; see under disease, and see tourniquet test, under tests.
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| Perthes' t. |
(for collateral circulation in patients with varicose veins): a bandage is applied just below the knee and the patient walks around with it on; varicose veins of the leg will become evacuated from continuous compression if there is sufficient collateral circulation in the deep veins. Called also tourniquet t.
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