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  1. Clinica Medica II, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Carmelo E. Fiore M.D.

  2. Center for the Study of Bone Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Ranuccio Nuti M.D.

  3. Centro Auxologico Toscano Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Sergio Ortolani M.D.

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Fiore, C.E., Nuti, R. & Ortolani, S. Genetics of osteoporosis. Calcif Tissue Int 55, 161–163 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425868

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