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Observational Study
. 2021 Jun 22;16(1):402.
doi: 10.1186/s13018-021-02551-x.

Epidemiology of proximal humerus fractures

Sandra Iglesias-Rodríguez  1 , Diego Matías Domínguez-Prado  2 , Alejandro García-Reza  2 , Daniel Fernández-Fernández  2 , Elena Pérez-Alfonso  2 , Javier García-Piñeiro  2 , Manuel Castro-Menéndez  2
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Observational Study

Epidemiology of proximal humerus fractures

Sandra Iglesias-Rodríguez et al. J Orthop Surg Res. .
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Number of cases according to age
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Comorbidities asocciated with fracture cases
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Distribution of the number of cases by age and sex
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