Increased prevalence of osteonecrosis of the femoral head in children and adolescents with sickle-cell disease

MeSH terms

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Anemia, Sickle Cell / drug therapy
• Anemia, Sickle Cell / physiopathology*
• Antisickling Agents / adverse effects
• Antisickling Agents / therapeutic use
• Child
• Cohort Studies
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Femur Head Necrosis / chemically induced
• Femur Head Necrosis / epidemiology*
• Femur Head Necrosis / etiology
• Genotype
• Humans
• Hydroxyurea / adverse effects
• Hydroxyurea / therapeutic use
• New York / epidemiology
• Prevalence
• Reproducibility of Results
• Risk Factors
• Severity of Illness Index
• Sex Characteristics
• Young Adult