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Editorial
. 2012 Aug;83(4):319-20.
doi: 10.3109/17453674.2012.718517. Epub 2012 Aug 20.

Highly different risk estimates for atypical femoral fracture with use of bisphosphonates - debate must be allowed!

Anders Rydholm
Editorial

Highly different risk estimates for atypical femoral fracture with use of bisphosphonates - debate must be allowed!

Anders Rydholm. Acta Orthop. 2012 Aug.
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Radiograph from the paper by Feldstein et al. (2012) of a fracture classified as “atypical”. There is a fracture line extending into the greater trochanter (arrows inserted by Acta) which is a typical feature of a fragility type fracture and excludes classification as an atypical fracture. (Published with permission from JBMR).
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