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. 2013 Aug;55(2):458-60.
doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.03.008. Epub 2013 Mar 22.

Dancing with sex hormones, could iron contribute to the gender difference in osteoporosis?

Dancing with sex hormones, could iron contribute to the gender difference in osteoporosis?

Xi Huang et al. Bone. 2013 Aug.
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Changes of iron and sex hormones over the lifespan of a woman (A) and a man (B).

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