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Osteonecrosis in Sickle Cell Disease.
Southern medical journal - 1 Sept 2016
Naseer Zan A, Bachabi Malick, Jones Lynne C, Sterling Robert S, Khanuja Harpal S
Abstract excerpt
Osteonecrosis is one of the most devastating musculoskeletal manifestations of sickle cell disease and most commonly affects the femoral head. Although the exact pathophysiology of this condition in patients with sickle cell disease is unknown, it is suggested that red cell sickling and repetitive vaso-occlusion may be associated with tissue hypoxia, inflammation, and subsequent bone necrosis and collapse. If...
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