A marker for type I collagen degradation identified in urine from patients with Paget’s disease of bone
✍ Scribed by S.M Krane
- Book ID
- 117808839
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 20 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8756-3282
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