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Can acute administration of pamidronate help to preserve bone mass in children with severe burn injury?

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The synopsis was written by Vicky Heath, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Division of Genetics, Enders 5, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA ingrid.holm@childrens.harvard.edu

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  1. IA Holm is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and in the Divisions of Genetics and Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,

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Holm, I. Can acute administration of pamidronate help to preserve bone mass in children with severe burn injury?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 4, 134–135 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpendmet0724

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