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Estrogen status and bone mass in the premenopausal period: Is osteoporosis a developmental disease?

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Civitelli, R., Villareal, D.T. & Armamento-Villareal, R. Estrogen status and bone mass in the premenopausal period: Is osteoporosis a developmental disease?. J Endocrinol Invest 16, 829–839 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03348937

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