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Hip, femur

Dichotomous location of 160 atypical femoral fractures

Veronika A KoeppenOrthopedics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Jörg SchilcherOrthopedics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
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Per AspenbergOrthopedics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 561-564 | Received 30 Jul 2013, Accepted 10 Oct 2013, Published online: 29 Nov 2013

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