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Five patients suffering from osteoporosis were subjected to from three to eight cycles of a form of Coherence Therapy for Osteoporosis (1) used at this center. Assessment of the patients' trabecular bone remodeling activity as measured by histomorphometric analyses of trans-iliac crest bone biopsies showed a marked improvement.
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Anderson, C., Cape, R.D.T., Crilly, R.G. et al. Preliminary observations of a form of coherence therapy for osteoporosis. Calcif Tissue Int 36, 341–343 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02405341
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