Bisphosphonates in multiple myeloma.

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Published in Cochrane Database Syst Rev on March 17, 2010

Authors

Rahul Mhaskar1, Jasmina Redzepovic, Keith Wheatley, Otavio Augusto Camara Clark, Branko Miladinovic, Axel Glasmacher, Ambuj Kumar, Benjamin Djulbegovic

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Evidence-based medicine and Health Outcomes Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.

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