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. 2017 Apr 10;189(14):E542.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.160450.

Atypical femoral fracture

Aliya Aziz Khan  1 , Stephanie Kaiser  2
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Atypical femoral fracture

Aliya Aziz Khan et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Radiographic views of (A) an atypical femoral fracture that occurred spontaneously in a woman after six years of treatment with a bisphosphonate and (B) an incomplete atypical femoral fracture with cortical thickening that presented as thigh pain.
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