Predictors and prevalence of low bone mineral density in fully ambulatory persons with multiple sclerosis
✍ Scribed by Linn Hofsøy Steffensen; Svein Ivar Mellgren; Margitta T. Kampman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Volume
- 257
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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