Recurrent Atraumatic Pelvic Fractures in a Patient With Cushing’s Disease - Is DEXA Scan Really Useful to Predict the Future Fracture Risk?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Endocrine Society
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2472-1972
DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.444