Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease in dogs happens when the head of the femur degenerates. The condition causes inflammation and disintegration of the joint. Technically, the condition is also known as ...

Diagnosis of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease involves the use of many different imaging techniques including X-ray, bone scan, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Physical measurements of the thigh ...

Some time between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC, a young man was buried in a simple cemetery in Shaanxi Province, China. His mushroom-shaped hip, though, is far from common -- it gives us the first ...

What is Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease? Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease (LCPD), also known as Perthes Disease or Legg-Perthes Disease is a childhood bone disorder in which the blood supply to the head of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recently published data indicated the modified Waldenström classification system utilized for staging Legg-Calvé ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Head-at-risk signs, such as Gage’s sign and metaphyseal cysts, are risk factors that may predict poor prognoses ...

A year ago, Matthew Doyle was in absolute agony. The femoral bone in his hip had deteriorated. It was bone against bone, and the pain was excruciating. Doyle, 13, of Madison, Connecticut, suffers from ...

UNION BRIDGE -- When Theresa Mills' daughter, Natalie, said her leg hurt, she thought her active daughter had pulled a muscle. Natalie continued to horseback ride and run with her friends like always, ...

Medivir AB, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative treatments for cancer in areas of high unmet medical need, announced that its selective cathepsin K inhibitor, MIV-711, has been ...

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is a childhood disorder affecting the hip joint where the pelvis meets the thigh bone. The condition is triggered by inadequate blood supply to the proximal femoral ...