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Pathologic Fractures
R.J. Pignolo et al. (eds.), Fractures in the Elderly, Aging Medicine, DOI 10.1007/978-1-60327-467-8_2, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract Pathologic fractures can be caused by any type of bone tumor, but the overwhelming majority of pathologic fractures in the elderly are secondary to metastatic carcinomas. Multiple myeloma is also common in the elderly and has a high incidenc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197203)29:3<684::aid-cncr2820290322>3.0.co;2-k