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Osteoporotic vertebral endplate and/or cortex fracture is not always radiographically detectable

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Wáng, Y.X.J. Osteoporotic vertebral endplate and/or cortex fracture is not always radiographically detectable. Osteoporos Int 33, 1407–1408 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-021-06254-1

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