Radiographic features of teriparatide-induced healing of femoral fractures

Teriparatide is a drug that is used to increase bone remodeling, formation, and density for the treatment of osteoporosis. We present three cases of patients with a femoral insufficiency fracture. The patients were administered teripatatide in an attempt to treat severe osteoporosis and to enhance f...

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Main Authors: Youngwoo Kim, Chiaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Tada, Hiroshi Kanoe, Takaaki Shirai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Bone Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352187215000108