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Focal osteoporosis defects play a key role in hip fracture

BACKGROUND: Hip fractures are mainly caused by accidental falls and trips, which magnify forces in well-defined areas of the proximal femur. Unfortunately, the same areas are at risk of rapid bone loss with ageing, since they are relatively stress-shielded during walking and sitting. Focal osteoporo...

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Autores principales: Poole, Kenneth E.S., Skingle, Linda, Gee, Andrew H., Turmezei, Thomas D., Johannesdottir, Fjola, Blesic, Karen, Rose, Collette, Vindlacheruvu, Madhavi, Donell, Simon, Vaculik, Jan, Dungl, Pavel, Horak, Martin, Stepan, Jan J., Reeve, Jonathan, Treece, Graham M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5135225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2016.10.020