Dina Abbas Effat <br/><br/>
Clinically occult avascular necrosis of the hip in systemic lupus erythematosus /  
 النخر اللاوعائى المستتر اكلينيكيا لمفصل الفخذ فى مرض الذئبة الحمراء 
Dina Abbas Effat ; supervised Fawkia Mohamed Mursi , Manal Sedky Abdou , Mamdouh Mahfouz Ibrahim 
 - Cairo :   Dina Abbas Effat ,   2005 
 - 132P :   diagrs ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 
<br/><br/> 40 SLE patients , without symptoms referable to the hip , and receiving a minimum of 5 mg / day prednisone for 6 months were screened by MRI for avascular necrosis of the hipMedical records were reviewed for serologic and clinical variables that might predict AVNMRI was repeated after 6 monthsThe aim of the work was to study the natural history of asymptomatic AVN of the hip in SLE , to identify clinical and imaging factors that might be associated with it , and to correlate hip involvement to various parameters of disease activity in SLE 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Avascular necrosis Magnetic resonance imaging Systemic lupus Erythematosus