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Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) is a common phenomenon of the proximal femur in adolescents with an unclear etiology. It is more common in boys than girls and there does seem to be some predilection to race, weight, and age (Lehmann et al., 2006 7).
Mansi et al. (Thu,) studied this question.