Population study evaluating fracture risk among patients with chronic osteomyelitis.

BACKGROUND:Studies investigating the fracture risk in patients with chronic osteomyelitis (COM) limited to case reports. This study evaluated the association between COM and subsequent fracture risk using population-based data. METHODS:A subset claims data of the Taiwan National Health Insurance was...

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Main Authors: Chyi Lo, Fung-Chang Sung, Chih-Hsin Mou, Tzu-Chieh Lin, Chun-Huang Tseng, Ya-Ling Tzeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5739410?pdf=render