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Gustavo Duque1,2, Christopher Vidal3, Wei Li3

  • 1Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS), The University of Melbourne and Western Health, St. Albans, Australia.

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research : the Official Journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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PubMed

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