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Hip ontogenesis: how evolution, genes, and load history shape hip morphotype and cartilotype.
Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Dec 2012
Hogervorst Tom, Eilander Wouter, Fikkers Joost T, Meulenbelt Ingrid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Developmental hip disorders (DHDs), eg, developmental dysplasia of the hip, slipped capitis femoris epiphysis, and femoroacetabular impingement, can be considered morphology variants of the normal hip. The femoroacetabular morphology of DHD is believed to induce osteoarthritis (OA) through local cumulative mechanical overload acting on genetically controlled patterning systems and subsequent damage of...
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