Atypical proximal femoral fractures in patients with paget disease receiving bisphosphonate therapy

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kilcoyne, Aoife ^a   Heffernan, Eric J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LETTER; PAGET BONE DISEASE; PAIN; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL;

EID: 79960534657     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6343     Document Type: Letter

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