Spontaneous bilateral distal ulna fracture: An unusual complication in a rheumatoid patient

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-122

  Venkatachalam, Santosh ^a,b   Dixon, Paul ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Rheumatoid arthritis; Stress fractures; Ulna

Indexed keywords

ETODOLAC; LANSOPRAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT LIMITATION; OSTEOPENIA; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ULNA FRACTURE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BANDAGES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; ULNA; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 79958080519     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: 15909999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-011-0140-4     Document Type: Article

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