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Case Report: Female Athlete Triad in Monozygotic Twins

Karen HindCarnegie Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom;
, PhD,
John TruscottDivision of Medical Physics, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
, PhD &
Sean CarrollCarnegie Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom;Correspondence[email protected]
, PhD
Pages 119-124 | Published online: 19 Jun 2015

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