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Bipolar hip arthroplasty for subtrochanteric femoral nonunion in an adult with autosomal dominant osteopetrosis type II

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The authors thank Dr. Masaru Kumagai and Dr. Kunihiko Tanaka for their valuable contributions to this study. The authors did not receive and will not receive any benefits or funding from any commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

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Sonohata, M., Okubo, T., Ono, H. et al. Bipolar hip arthroplasty for subtrochanteric femoral nonunion in an adult with autosomal dominant osteopetrosis type II. J Orthop Sci 16, 652–655 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-011-0069-8

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