Hip fracture types in men and women change differently with age

BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are expensive and a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. In most studies hip fractures have been viewed as a unitary fracture but recently the two main types of fracture (intertrochanteric and subcapital) have been viewed as two fractures with a differe...

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Autores principales: Tanner, David A, Kloseck, Marita, Crilly, Richard G, Chesworth, Bert, Gilliland, Jason
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20214771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-12

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