Clinical Challenges

Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Bone Loss

Jane Bryce

Martina Bauer

Peyman Hadji

aromatase inhibitors, bone mineral density
ONF 2011, 38(3), 273-276. DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.273-276

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