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Long-term use of bisphosphonates in osteoporosis

Mir Sadat-Ali and Fawaz M AlAnii
Saudi Medical Journal August 2017, 38 (8) 873-874; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.8.20748
Mir Sadat-Ali
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery College of Medicine Imam AbdulRahman Bin Faisal University Dammam King Fahd Hospital of the University Al-Khobar
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Fawaz M AlAnii
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery King Fahd Hospital of the University Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
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