Meta-analyses of therapies for postmenopausal osteoporosis. II. Meta-analysis of alendronate for the treatment of postmenopausal women.

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Published in Endocr Rev on August 01, 2002

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Ann Cranney, George Wells, Andrew Willan, Lauren Griffith, Nicole Zytaruk, Vivian Robinson, Dennis Black, Jonathan Adachi, Beverley Shea, Peter Tugwell, Gordon Guyatt, Osteoporosis Methodology Group and The Osteoporosis Research Advisory Group

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