Effects of calcitonin and alendronate on distraction osteogenesis
β Scribed by Cengiz Sen; Taner Gunes; Mehmet Erdem; Resid Dogan Koseoglu; Nurper Onuk Filiz
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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