Atypical fractures do not have a thicker cortex

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2893-2896

  Koeppen, V A ^a   Schilcher, J ^a   Aspenberg, P ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonates; Femoral fracture; Fractures stress; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL CORTICAL THICKNESS; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; LESSER TROCHANTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FRACTURE; SWEDEN; THICKNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAPHYSES; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES;

EID: 84872064410     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2173-9     Document Type: Article

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