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Review
. 2006 Jul 1;333(7557):27-30.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.27.

Hip fracture

Martyn Parker  1 , Antony Johansen
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Review

Hip fracture

Martyn Parker et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Classification of hip fractures. Fractures in the blue area are intracapsular and those in the red and orange areas are extracapsular
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