SEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD IN PATIENTS WITH AA AND AS HEMOGLOBINS

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.sidebar##

Published Dec 8, 2009
Download
pdf
Vol. 87 No. 11 (2009): Issue Nov 2009

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.main##

Owonayo Oniankitan
Komi C. Tagbor
Viwalé ES. Koffi-Tessio
Kodjo Kakpovi
Moustafa Mijiyawa

Keywords:

Black Africa, sickle cell disease, Bone necrosis of the femoral head

##plugins.themes.academic_pro.article.details##

References

  1. SADAT-ALI M. The status of acute osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. A 15-year review. Int Surg.1998 ; 83 : 84-7.
  2. AKINYOOLA AL, ADEDIRAN IA, ASALEYE CM. Avascular necrosis of the femoral head in sickle cell disease. Niger Postgrad Med J 2007; 14 : 217-20
  3. SÉGBÉNA AY, KUÉVIAKOE I, MESSIE AK, NAPOKOURA IG, VOVOR A, DAVID M. Hemoglobin anomalies at the university hospital center in Lomé Togo. Med Trop 2002; 62:51-4.
  4. SERJEANT GR. Geography and the clinical picture of sickle cell disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1989; 565: 109-119.
  5. VOGE V.M, ROSADO N.R. CONTIGUGLIA JJ. Sickle cell anemia trait in the Military Aircrew Population: a report from the Military Aviation Safety Subcommittee of the Aviation Safety Committee, As MA. Aviat. Space Environl Med 1991; 62:1099¬-1102.
  6. MIJIYAWA M, SÉGBÉNA A, VOVOR A, NUBUKPO P, DAVID M, AMÉDÉGNATO MD. Maladies rhumatismales et hémoglobinopathies à Lomé (Togo). Rev Rhum 1994; 61: 174-8.