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Increase in the incidence of hip fractures and of the ratio of trochanteric to cervical hip fractures in Belgium

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  1. Department of Rheumatology St-Luc University Hospital, Louvain University in Brussels, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Charles Nagant de Deuxchaisnes & Jean-Pierre Devogelaer

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de Deuxchaisnes, C.N., Devogelaer, JP. Increase in the incidence of hip fractures and of the ratio of trochanteric to cervical hip fractures in Belgium. Calcif Tissue Int 42, 201–203 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556335

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