Rationale for active vitamin D analog therapy in senile osteoporosis
✍ Scribed by K. Åkesson; K. -H. W. Lau; D. J. Baylink
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 651 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-0827
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