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Atypical femoral fractures from bisphosphonate in cancer patients – Review

Bisphosphonates are commonly used in patients with metastatic bone disease to prevent skeletal related events. Atypical femur fracture is a known complication of long-term bisphosphonate use but the incidence in cancer patients and pathogenesis are not well known. Several mechanisms of pathogenesis...

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Autores principales: Lockwood, Matthew, Banderudrappagari, Rajesh, Suva, Larry J., Makhoul, Issam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbo.2019.100259