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Bilateral avascular necrosis of the femoral head due to the use of heroin: A case report

INTRODUCTION: Femoral head avascular necrosis is caused by disruption of the blood supply of the femoral head, which finally results in hip dysfunction. Non traumatic osteonecrosis may related with corticosteroid use, alcohol abuse, SLE, hemoglobinopathies or exposure to cytotoxic agents. But avascu...

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Autores principales: Ozkunt, Okan, Sarıyılmaz, Kerim, Sungur, Mustafa, Ilen, Ferhat, Dikici, Fatih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4701818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26595896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.10.042