title: Significance of nitric oxide on the pathogenesis of steroid induced femoral head necrosis.
abstract: Steroid-induced femoral head necrosis is claimed to be an ischemic femoral head disease. But there is no discussion on the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the idiopathic disease. The concentration of NO indirectly in serum with steroid induced avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH) and in controls are studied in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an 710004, China.
authors.forename: Xudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kunzheng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Junchang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Youfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiaoqian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu