Cyclic pamidronate treatment in Bruck syndrome: proposal of a new modality of treatment.

Pediatr Int

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

Published: December 2008

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