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Vertebral Compression Fracture (cont.)

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Author: Andrew Jenis, MD, Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cortland Memorial Hospital.

Editors: Brian F Chinnock, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James Ungar, MD, Medical Director, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

Last Editorial Review: 10/17/2005

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