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IN a survey of the incidence of fractures1, particularly those of the head and neck of the femur, expressed in terms of population at risk, the distribution found made it quite clear that some must be of pathological origin. Such bones appear osteoporotic, and there has been a widespread assumption that the tissue component at fault is the calcium phosphate.
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HOLDOWAY, E., BUHR, A. & LITTLE, K. Mineral Phase in Osteoporotic Bone. Nature 196, 181–182 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196181b0
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