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Inflammatory Bowel Disease, High-Dose Steroids, Osteoporosis, or an Oncological Etiology for a Pathological Femoral Neck Fracture in a Young Adult: A Case Report
Femoral neck fractures occur in approximately 6,000 of young adults annually (ages 18-49) (1). Of these, a high-energy traumatic event is the typical cause. Although medications and chronic diseases have been implicated as confounding causes of hip fractures, clinicians should have a high index of s...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Bentham Open
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24596584 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001408010027 |