Evidence-based guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: a consensus document by the Belgian Bone Club.

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Published in Osteoporos Int on May 18, 2010

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J-J Body1, P Bergmann, S Boonen, Y Boutsen, J-P Devogelaer, S Goemaere, J-M Kaufman, S Rozenberg, J-Y Reginster

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1: Department of Medicine, CHU Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

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