170th ENMC International Workshop: Bone protection for corticosteroid treated Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 27-29 November 2009, Naarden, The Netherlands.
Summary of "170th ENMC International Workshop: Bone protection for corticosteroid treated Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 27-29 November 2009, Naarden, The Netherlands."
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Affiliation
Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt NHS Trust, Oswestry, UK.
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Name: Neuromuscular disorders : NMD
ISSN: 1873-2364
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20724157
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmd.2010.07.272
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