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Estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of hip fracture in old age

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Leuven, Belgium

    S. Boonen M.D. & W. Pelemans

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Leuven, Belgium

    J. Dequeker

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Arthritis and Metabolic Bone Disease Research Unit, Leuven, Belgium

    S. Boonen M.D. & J. Dequeker

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Boonen, S., Pelemans, W. & Dequeker, J. Estrogen replacement therapy and the risk of hip fracture in old age. Aging Clin Exp Res 8, 70–71 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03340118

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