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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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Autores principales: Raudenbush, Brandon, Walton, Ian, Simela, Ashley, Retino, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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