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Abstract
Fractures occurring as a result of disease of a bone or from some undiscoverable cause, and not due to trauma. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Fracture, Pathologic
- Fracture, Pathological
- Fractures, Pathologic
- Fractures, Pathological
- Fractures, Spontaneous
- Pathological Fracture
- Pathological Fractures
- Fracture, Spontaneous
- Pathologic Fracture
- Pathologic Fractures
- Spontaneous Fracture
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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fract not caused by trauma; IM; coord with specific organ /inj or organ/fract term (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Spontaneous Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005598. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005598
- Spontaneous Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathologic_fracture
- Spontaneous Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1753467