Fragility fracture and its control
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Fragility Fracture Care and Orthogeriatric Comanagement
1Department for General, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany 2Department for Trauma Surgery and Sports Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria 3Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433 4Paracelsus Medical Private University, Kl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0300-9173
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.40.234