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Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
A hip region disease that is characterized by uni- or bilateral avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head in children. In a small percentage of cases, mutations in the COL2A1 gene were found to be responsible.
This condition has no sub-types.