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Some ABC's of skeletal pathophysiology. 7. Tissue mechanisms controlling bone mass

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Frost, H.M. Some ABC's of skeletal pathophysiology. 7. Tissue mechanisms controlling bone mass. Calcif Tissue Int 49, 303–304 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556249

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