title: Slipped capital femoral epiphysis in three generations.
abstract: A male, his son, and grandson all had a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (physiolysis colli femoris--PCF). The importance of inheritance in PCF is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005270:Femur Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011859:Radiography