Surgical Treatment of Osteopetrosis-Related Femoral Fractures: Two Case Reports and Literature Review

Osteopetrosis is a rare hereditary disease which is characterized by increased bone density. Bone resorption is insufficient or fails due to the osteoclast defect in osteopetrosis. Half of the patients are asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally or based on the presence of fracture. Adult onset oste...

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Autores principales: Aslan, Ahmet, Baykal, Yakup Barbaros, Uysal, Emin, Atay, Tolga, Kirdemir, Vecihi, Baydar, Metin Lütfi, Aydoğan, Nevres Hürriyet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24579054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/891963

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24579054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/891963

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