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At the moment of occurrence of a fragility hip fracture, men have higher mechanical properties values in comparison with women
BACKGROUND: It is well established that males have lower fracture risk in comparison with females, which suggests a higher bone resistance in men. The aim of our study was to find out if in older patients with hip fragility fractures, gender has also an impact on trabecular bone material behaviour,...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24131745 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-295 |