Fragility Fracture Care and Orthogeriatric Comanagement
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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, Klinikum Nürnberg, Medizinische Klinik 2, Geriatrics, Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Straße 1, 90419 Nürnberg, Germany
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دوره 2016 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016