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Insufficiency fracture

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Omar Farooqui BSc, MB, MRCP(UK), Ali Jawad FRCP
Foundation Years Journal, volume 3, issue 8, p.16 (123Doc Education, London, October 2010)

Abstract

A 65-year-old lady develops severe lower back and right flank pain. She is admitted to a surgical ward for suspected renal colic.

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Authors

Omar Farooqui BSc, MB, MRCP(UK)

Specialist Registrar
Rheumatology/General Internal Medicine
Barts and The London NHS Trust

Ali Jawad FRCP

Consultant Rheumatologist
Barts and The London NHS Trust

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