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Osteoporosis treatment with zoledronic acid in pediatric population at a university hospital in Western Saudi Arabia

A 13-year experience

Abdulmoein E. Al-Agha and Rahaf S. Hayatalhazmi
Saudi Medical Journal November 2015, 36 (11) 1312-1318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.11.12590
Abdulmoein E. Al-Agha
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Agha), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Department of Family Medicine (Hayatalhazmi), Faculty of Health, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Rahaf S. Hayatalhazmi
From the Department of Pediatrics (Al-Agha), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Department of Family Medicine (Hayatalhazmi), Faculty of Health, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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