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Determinants of bone mineral density through quantitative ultrasound screening of healthy children visiting ambulatory paediatric clinics

Abdulmoein E. Al-Agha, Yousof O. Kabli, Melissa G. AlBeiruty and Asmaa A. Milyani
Saudi Medical Journal June 2019, 40 (6) 560-567; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.6.24234
Abdulmoein E. Al-Agha
From the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology (Al-Agha), Department of General Paediatrics (Al-Agha, Kabli, AlBeiruty, Milyani), King AbdulAziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yousof O. Kabli
From the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology (Al-Agha), Department of General Paediatrics (Al-Agha, Kabli, AlBeiruty, Milyani), King AbdulAziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Melissa G. AlBeiruty
From the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology (Al-Agha), Department of General Paediatrics (Al-Agha, Kabli, AlBeiruty, Milyani), King AbdulAziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Asmaa A. Milyani
From the Department of Paediatric Endocrinology (Al-Agha), Department of General Paediatrics (Al-Agha, Kabli, AlBeiruty, Milyani), King AbdulAziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2019, 40 (6) 560-567; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2019.6.24234
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