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Atypical femoral fractures: a complication of prolonged bisphosphonate therapy?

Michael P Falkenberg
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (2): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb04181.x
Published online: 17 January 2011

To the Editor: Girgis and Seibel1 are to be congratulated as endocrinologists for raising the important issue of bisphosphonate therapy and femoral fractures. This is a relatively new phenomenon that even a couple of years ago, although already documented, did not seem to be on many endocrinologists’ radar.


  • Northeast Health Wangaratta, Wangaratta, VIC.


Correspondence: ortho.rooms@bigpond.com

  • 1. Girgis CM, Seibel MJ. Atypical femur fractures: a complication of prolonged bisphosphonate therapy [editorial]? Med J Aust 2010; 193: 196-198. <MJA full text>

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