Insufficiency fracture of the sternum report of a case [3]

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-88

  Benbouazza, Karima ^a   Harzy, Tovfik ^a   Guedira, Najat ^a   Hassouni, Najia Hajja ^a  

^a Hopital El Ayachi   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bone insufficiency; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sternum

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCITONIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RISEDRONIC ACID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STERNUM FRACTURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; FEMALE; INJURY; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; STERNUM;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; STERNUM;

EID: 0141610183     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(02)00021-0     Document Type: Letter

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