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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Osteoporosis | Letter to the Editor

Response to Letter to the Editor: Concerns on modeling postmenopausal osteoporosis in young female rats

Authors: Juan Marcelo Rosales Rocabado, Masaru Kaku, Kosuke Nozaki, Takako Ida, Megumi Kitami, Yujin Aoyagi, Katsumi Uoshima

Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research | Issue 1/2019

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Response to Letter to the Editor: Concerns on modeling postmenopausal osteoporosis in young female rats
Authors: Juan Marcelo Rosales Rocabado
Masaru Kaku
Kosuke Nozaki
Takako Ida
Megumi Kitami
Yujin Aoyagi
Katsumi Uoshima
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis
Published in: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1749-799X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-019-1485-2

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