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Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
Tree Number(s)
C05.116.852.175.570
Unique ID
D007873
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007873
Scope Note
A particular type of FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.
Entry Term(s)
Coxa Plana
Legg-Calve-Perthes Syndrome
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
Legg-Calvé-Perthes Syndrome
Legg-Perthes Disease
Osteochondritis Deformans
Perthes Disease
NLM Classification #
WE 865
Previous Indexing
Femur Head (1966-1972)
Femur Head Necrosis (1973-1974)
Necrosis (1966-1972)
Osteochondritis (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note
2012; see LEGG-PERTHES DISEASE 1991-2011, FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS 1979-1990, see OSTEOCHRONDRITIS 1963-1978; for COXA PLANA see OSTEOCHRONDRITIS 1963-1978
History Note
2012 (1963); for COXA PLANA see OSTEOCHRONDRITIS 1963-1978
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2012/07/03
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Preferred
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