Histopathology of aseptic necrosis of the femoral head in sickle cell disease.

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This study compares the histopathology of bone biopsies from patients suffering from sickle cell anaemia (homozygote SS) to heterozygote patients (SA) and homozygotes with aseptic osteonecrosis (AA). The sensitivity to bacterial infection of sickle cell patients raises the question of the aetiology of sepsis in the onset of the necrosis. To our knowledge this study is the first to analyse the histopathology of...

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