Stress fracture of the bowed femoral shaft is another cause of atypical femoral fracture in elderly Japanese: A case series

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 579-586

  Oh, Yoto ^a,b   Wakabayashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Kurosa, Yoshiro ^b   Ishizuki, Masafumi ^c   Okawa, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^c TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); STRESS FRACTURE; VERY ELDERLY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURES, STRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84905087597     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-014-0572-9     Document Type: Article

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