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The Epidemiology of Osteonecrosis in Japan

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The incidence of a disease is an important parameter for epidemiological research. For example, the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis is estimated to be 23.7 cases per 100,000 person-years [1], while that of osteoarthritis in the hip joint to be 47.3–88 cases per 100,000 person-years in the United States [2, 3]. These data have been adopted to elucidate the burden, risks, and trends of the disease in a general population [1, 4].

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Takuaki Yamamoto, Ryosuke Yamaguchi & Yukihide Iwamoto

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

    Kyung-Hoi Koo

  2. Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Michael A. Mont

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Yamamoto, T., Yamaguchi, R., Iwamoto, Y. (2014). The Epidemiology of Osteonecrosis in Japan. In: Koo, KH., Mont, M., Jones, L. (eds) Osteonecrosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35767-1_6

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