Insufficiency fracture of the sacrum revealing a pregnancy associated osteoporosis. First case report
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.4.278b