Pamidronate and osteoporosis prevention in liver transplant recipients
✍ Scribed by Pietra Pennisi; Andrea Trombetti; Emiliano Giostra; Gilles Mentha; René Rizzoli; Carmelo E. Fiore
- Book ID
- 106007178
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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