Links to Learn More About Osteonecrosis
 
aboutjoints.com
This is a website developed by the Division of Arthritis Surgery of the Johns Hopkins University. It's mission is to be an educational resource for both patients and physicians for musculoskeletal disorders of the lower extremity and the treatment thereof.

aboutjoints.com/osteonecrosis
This is a web-based copy of the patient brochure on osteonecrosis developed by the National Osteonecrosis Foundation and the Center for Osteonecrosis Research and Education.

www.mri.jhu.edu/~dbluemke/Avascular_necrosis.html
This website describes the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of osteonecrosis.

http://www.niams.nih.gov/hi/topics/avascular_necrosis/index.htm
This site was developed by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculaskeletal and Skin Diseases to answer patient questions concerning osteonecrosis.

http://hometown.aol.com/maries1520/2bkn1.htm
This website was developed to be a support group for patients with osteonecrosis. It is much more!

http://www.geocities.com/reidweaver/LPBROCHURE.html
This site is the home for Legg-Calve Perthes Disease, U.S.A., a support group for families with children diagnosed with this disease.

www.nonf.org
This site is the home of the National Osteonecrosis Foundation. The mission of this society is to provide a forum for patients and physicians to interact.

ARCO-Intl.org
This is a website developed for the international society, ARCO, whose mission it is to study the blood circulation to bone and it's disorders.

http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/topics/osteonecrosis.asp
This website link (The American Dental Association) provides information about bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (BON).

Would you like to list your website address with us?
Please contact Lynne Jones, Ph.D. at lcjones@jhmi.edu