Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease

osteochondrosis that results in death and fracture located in hip joint
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q1456403
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Summary

Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is a rare disease[1]. It draws 1,023 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #95 of 627).[2]

Key Facts

  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is credited with the discovery of Karel Maydl[3].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease[4].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[6].
  • Georg Perthes is named after Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease[7].
  • Arthur Thornton Legg is named after Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease[8].
  • Jacques Calvé is named after Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease[9].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is a type of osteochondrosis[10].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is a type of osteonecrosis of the femoral head[11].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is a type of type 2 collagen-related bone disorder[12].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is a type of osteochondrosis of genetic origin[13].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's Commons category is recorded as Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease[14].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as L94[15].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[16].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C34766[17].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's health specialty is recorded as rheumatology[18].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's health specialty is recorded as orthopedics[19].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's genetic association is recorded as COL2A1[20].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14415[21].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:14415[22].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0005743[23].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_2380[24].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[25].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's P14541 is recorded as 2xisw6[26].
  • Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease's P14541 is recorded as 11kCQL[27].

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Works and Contributions

Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease is credited with the discovery of Karel Maydl[3].

Why It Matters

Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease draws 1,023 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #95 of 627).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · RASHEEDYE · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2xisw6, 11kCQL
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → osteochondrosis, osteonecrosis of the femoral head, type 2 collagen-related bone disorder +1
    Named after → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine
    Health specialty → rheumatology, orthopedics
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
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