title: Viral antibody titers to rubella in coxa plana or Perthes' disease. Perthes diseases: is it the late osseous redidua of a minor prenatal rubella?
abstract: The present study seriously raises the question as to whether coxa plana is etiologically connected to the rubella virus. Some findings suggest a probable causal correlation between prenatal rubella and coxa plana. A regional vasculitis in association with biologically inferior bone probably constitutes the fundamental pathogenetic mechanism of this condition. However, this matter is still awaiting elucidation.
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D006615:Hip / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007873:Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D012409:Rubella / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral