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Multiple Fractures

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Multiple fractures due to mild trauma should raise concern for bone fragility. This chapter reviews etiologies of bone fragility in children and provides a diagnostic approach algorithm for the evaluation and management of children presenting with multiple fractures.

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  1. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA

    Sasigarn A. Bowden

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  1. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Takara Stanley

  2. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Madhusmita Misra

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Bowden, S.A. (2021). Multiple Fractures. In: Stanley, T., Misra, M. (eds) Endocrine Conditions in Pediatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52215-5_4

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