Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease: Follow-up

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Further Reading

Keywords

LCPD, osteochondrosis of the femoral head, avascular necrosis of the proximal femoral head, intermittent limp, abductor lurch, painless limp, persistent hip pain, Trendelenburg gait

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George D Harris, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and Truman Medical Center at Lakewood
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