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BLOOD CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS IN PERTHES' DISEASE; A NEW CONCEPTION OF THE ETIOLOGY Preliminary Report
HERBERT A. DURHAM; TOM A. OUTLAND
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Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1928; 10:301-305 
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Abstract

1. Perthes' disease is characterized by a diminution of the serum calcium or phosphorus or both.

2. The pathology is very similar to that of rickets and osteomalacia.

3. These three conditions may be related etiologically.

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