Scientific article
English

Increasing occurrence of atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonate use

Published in

Archives of internal medicine, vol. 172, no. 12, p. 930-936

Publication date

2012

Abstract

Current evidence suggests that there is an association between bisphosphonate therapy and atypical femoral fractures, but the extent of this risk remains unclear.

Keywords

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents/adverse effects
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Diphosphonates/adverse effects
  • Female
  • Femoral Fractures/epidemiology/etiology/radiography
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Odds Ratio
  • Risk
  • Sex Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Vitamin D/therapeutic use

Citation (ISO format)

MEIER, Raphaël et al. Increasing occurrence of atypical femoral fractures associated with bisphosphonate use. In: Archives of internal medicine, 2012, vol. 172, n° 12, p. 930–936. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1796

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0003-9926
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