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The administration of intermittent parathyroid hormone affects functional recovery from pertrochanteric fractured neck of femur: a protocol for a prospective mixed method pilot study with randomisation of treatment allocation and blinded assessment (FRACTT)

INTRODUCTION: Pertrochanteric hip fractures occur in an elderly population and cause considerable morbidity and loss of functional ability as the fracture heals. Recently, parathyroid hormone (PTH), which is licensed for the treatment of osteoporosis, has been shown to potentially accelerate bone he...

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Autores principales: Chesser, Tim, Fox, Rebecca, Harding, Karen, Greenwood, Rosemary, Javaid, Kassim, Barnfield, Steven, Halliday, Ruth, Willett, Keith, Lamb, Sallie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3913027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24477319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004389