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Comment on Freemantle et al.: Results of indirect and mixed treatment comparison of fracture efficacy for osteoporosis treatments

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  1. Dipartimento di Endocrinologia, Policlinico Careggi, Florence, Italy

    M.-L. Brandi

  2. Department of Public Health Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liege, CHU-Bât. B23, 4000, Liège, Belgium

    J.-Y. Reginster

  3. Division of Bone Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine Specialties, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

    R. Rizzoli

  4. Bone and Mineral Research Unit, Instituto “Reina Sofía” de Investigación, REDinREn – ISCIII, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

    J. B. Cannata-Andia

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Related correspondence can be found at doi:10.1007/s00198-013-2294-9 and doi:10.1007/s00198-013-2299-4.

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Brandi, ML., Reginster, JY., Rizzoli, R. et al. Comment on Freemantle et al.: Results of indirect and mixed treatment comparison of fracture efficacy for osteoporosis treatments. Osteoporos Int 24, 1929–1930 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-013-2297-6

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