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  1. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Zuger Kantonsspital AG, 6340, Baar, Switzerland

    Theodosia Charpidou, Franziska Lang, Konstantin J. Dedes & Christoph Honegger

  2. Department of Rheumatology, Zuger Kantonsspital, Baar, Switzerland

    Thomas Langenegger

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Charpidou, T., Lang, F., Langenegger, T. et al. Bilateral transient osteoporosis of the knee during pregnancy. Arch Gynecol Obstet 287, 1259–1261 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-012-2628-4

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