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Some ABC's of skeletal pathophysiology. 5. Microdamage physiology

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Frost, H.M. Some ABC's of skeletal pathophysiology. 5. Microdamage physiology. Calcif Tissue Int 49, 229–231 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556207

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