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Kyphosis and Vertebral Fractures: What Do We Know Now?

E Michael Lewiecki† New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, 300 Oak Street NE, Albuquerque, NM87106, USA. [email protected]View further author information
Pages 483-487 | Published online: 21 Jul 2009

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