Therapeutic inhibition of cathepsin K—reducing bone resorption while maintaining bone formation
✍ Scribed by Duong, Le T
- Book ID
- 125479116
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2012
- Weight
- 381 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2047-6396
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