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Is teriparatide or alendronate the best treatment for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis?

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Woolf, A., Åkesson, K. Is teriparatide or alendronate the best treatment for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 4, 236–237 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncprheum0769

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