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Does parathyroid hormone treatment affect fracture risk or bone mineral density in patients with osteoporosis?

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Compston, J. Does parathyroid hormone treatment affect fracture risk or bone mineral density in patients with osteoporosis?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 3, 324–325 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncprheum0501

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