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Age-related fragility fracture: insights from the natural homeostatic system in the skeleton

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Sugiyama, T., Kono, Y., Sekiguchi, K. et al. Age-related fragility fracture: insights from the natural homeostatic system in the skeleton. Arch Osteoporos 10, 45 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-015-0251-2

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