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Active vitamin D and its analogs as drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis: advantages and problems

✍ Scribed by Yasuho Nishii

Publisher
Springer
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
227 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0914-8779

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