The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 381-387 , May 2007

Beyond Hip: Importance of Other Nonspinal Fractures

  • P.D. Delmas, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • INSERM Research Unit 403 and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to P.D. Delmas, MD, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Pavillon F, Lyon, Cedex 03 69437, France.
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  • F. Marin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
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  • R. Marcus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
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  • D.A. Misurski, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
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  • B.H. Mitlak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Ind.

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 This work was supported by Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00672-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.06.003

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 5 , Pages 381-387 , May 2007

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