 Osteochondrosis
"Osteochondrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Any of a group of bone disorders involving one or more ossification centers (EPIPHYSES). It is characterized by degeneration or NECROSIS followed by revascularization and reossification. Osteochondrosis often occurs in children causing varying degrees of discomfort or pain. There are many eponymic types for specific affected areas, such as tarsal navicular (Kohler disease) and tibial tuberosity (Osgood-Schlatter disease).
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D055034
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.821
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| Concept/Terms |
Koehler Disease- Koehler Disease
- Navicular Osteochondrosis
- Navicular Osteochondroses
- Osteochondroses, Navicular
- Osteochondrosis, Navicular
- Koehler's Disease
- Koehlers Disease
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| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteochondrosis" by people in Profiles.
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O'Donnell C, Garg S. Comment on: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis and Blount's disease as indicators for early metabolic surgical intervention. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 10; 15(10):1842-1843.
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Greene E, Flees J, Dhamad A, Alrubaye A, Hennigan S, Pleimann J, Smeltzer M, Murray S, Kugel J, Goodrich J, Robertson A, Wideman R, Rhoads D, Dridi S. Double-Stranded RNA Is a Novel Molecular Target in Osteomyelitis Pathogenesis: A Translational Avian Model for Human Bacterial Chondronecrosis with Osteomyelitis. Am J Pathol. 2019 10; 189(10):2077-2089.
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