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Review Article| Volume 37, ISSUE 3, P415-431, August 2011

Update on Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis

  • Michael Maricic
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    University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724.
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    Department of Medicine, University of Arizona School of Medicine, 1501 North Campbell, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA

    Catalina Pointe Rheumatology, 7520 North Oracle Road, Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85704, USA
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