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Evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club

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    Steven Boonen

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Jacques Body

  3. Department of Rheumatology, Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

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    Jean-Yves Reginster

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Boonen, S., Body, JJ., Boutsen, Y. et al. Evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: a consensus document of the Belgian Bone Club. Osteoporos Int 16, 239–254 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-004-1812-1

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