Status: current, Sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2005. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group |
Avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH) is a severely disabling disease characterized by progressive groin pain, a limping gait, leg length discrepancy, collapse of the subchondral bone, limitation of hip function and eventual degeneration of the hip joint requiring total hip arthroplasty. | Is a | True | Osteonecrosis of head of femur | Inferred relationship | Some | |
Osteochondritis dissecans of the femoral head | Is a | True | Osteonecrosis of head of femur | Inferred relationship | Some |
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