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Specific diseases causing an increased risk for fractures include Paget's disease, rickets, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteoporosis, bone cancer and tumors, and prolonged disuse of a nonfunctional body part such as after a stroke
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What has the author Jaroslava Wendlova written?
Jaroslava Wendlova has written: 'Biomechanical variables in assessment of fracture risk' -- subject(s): Fractures, Diseases, Risk Assessment, Osteoporosis, Epidemiology, Osteoporotic Fractures, Complications, Human mechanics, Women's Health, Biomechanics, Risk factors, Women
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