"Femoral Fractures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Fractures of the femur.
| Descriptor ID |
D005264
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.061 C26.558.276
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| Concept/Terms |
Femoral Fractures- Femoral Fractures
- Femoral Fracture
- Fracture, Femoral
- Fractures, Femoral
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Fractures" by people in Profiles.
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Risk of complete atypical femur fracture with Oral bisphosphonate exposure beyond three years. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2020 Dec 03; 21(1):801.
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Atypical Femur Fracture Risk versus Fragility Fracture Prevention with Bisphosphonates. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2020 11 26; 383(22):2189-2190.
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Atypical Femur Fracture Risk versus Fragility Fracture Prevention with Bisphosphonates. N Engl J Med. 2020 08 20; 383(8):743-753.
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Fracture Risk During and After Bisphosphonate Drug Holidays: A Matter of Methods? Med Care. 2020 05; 58(5):417-418.
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Atypical femur fracture incidence in women increases with duration of bisphosphonate exposure. Osteoporos Int. 2019 Dec; 30(12):2515-2520.
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Evaluating Atypical Features of Femur Fractures: How Change in Radiological Criteria Influenced Incidence and Demography of Atypical Femur Fractures in a Community Setting. J Bone Miner Res. 2017 Nov; 32(11):2304-2314.
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Sensitivity and specificity of radiographic characteristics in atypical femoral fractures. Osteoporos Int. 2017 01; 28(1):413-417.
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The association of race/ethnicity and risk of atypical femur fracture among older women receiving oral bisphosphonate therapy. Bone. 2016 Apr; 85:142-7.
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Racial/ethnic differences in hip and diaphyseal femur fractures. Osteoporos Int. 2014 Sep; 25(9):2313-8.
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Incidence of atypical nontraumatic diaphyseal fractures of the femur. J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Dec; 27(12):2544-50.