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.
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- 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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