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The risk of suffering a bone fracture increases following kidney transplantation. This elevated risk continues for the life of the transplant,1 only increasing with time.2 By 5 years post-transplant up to 50% of patients experience at least one fracture. Reported fracture incidences in transplant recipients range anywhere from 5% to greater than 60%.1,2 This wide range of reported fracture rates is a consequence of the varied methodology used in obtaining these data. Whether determining fracture rates by questionnaire or patient encounter notes or looking for radiographic evidence dramatically affects the result.

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  1. Department of Nephrology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Bradford Lee West MD, FACP

  2. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, North Shore University Health System, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, IL, USA

    Stuart M. Sprague DO

  3. Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Michelle A. Josephson MD

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West, B.L., Sprague, S.M., Josephson, M.A. (2010). Bone Disease in Renal Transplantation. In: McKay, D., Steinberg, S. (eds) Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1690-7_19

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