Statin: Hope for a New Agent to Treat Osteoporosis
Statin: Hope for a New Agent to Treat Osteoporosis
Vol. 10 No. 2 : 2015 (88-89)
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Correspondance Address
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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