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Successful treatment of sternal fracture nonunion with teriparatide
Osteoporosis International, 10/30/09

Chintamaneni S et al. – Based on the success of teriparatide in animal studies to accelerate fracture healing, there is growing interest in using this drug in humans for the same purpose. The authors report a case of what is believed to be the first successful use of teriparatide in the healing of a sternal nonunion fracture.

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