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  1. Institute of Public Health Robinson Way, CB2 2SR, Cambridge, UK

    J. Reeve & M. Lunt

  2. Erlangen-Nürnburg, Friedrich Alexander Universität, Krankenhausstrasse 12, D-91054, Erlangen, Germany

    W. Kalender

  3. Arthritis and Metabolic Bone Disease Research Unit, KU Leuven, Pellenberg, Belgium

    J. Dequeker

  4. Rheumatology Department, Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”, Vinogradska 29, Zagreb, Croatia

    I. Jajic

  5. Department of Biochemistry & Experimental Medicine, Child's Health Centre, Aleja Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-736, Warsaw, Poland

    R. Lorenc

  6. Department of Internal Medicine III, Erasmus University Medical School, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    H. Pols

  7. National Institute of Rheumatology, Frankel Leo 38-40, 1023, Budapest, Hungary

    G. Poor

  8. 3rd Dept of Internal Medicine, U nemocnice 1, CZ-128 00, Prague 2, Czech Republic

    J. Stepan

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Reeve, J., Lunt, M., Kalender, W. et al. Letter. Osteoporosis Int 6, 183–184 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623945

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