Alcohol
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , January 2000

Relative and combined effects of ethanol and protein deficiency on bone histology and mineral metabolism

  • M. Molina-Perez

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    • Dpto. de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • E. Gonzalez-Reimers

      Affiliations

    • Dpto. de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +34-9-22-319279
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  • F. Santolaria-Fernandez

      Affiliations

    • Dpto. de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • A. Martinez-Riera

      Affiliations

    • Dpto. de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • F. Rodriguez-Moreno

      Affiliations

    • Dpto. de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • E. Rodriguez-Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Dpto. de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • A. Milena-Abril

      Affiliations

    • Dpto. de Fisiologı́a, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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  • J. Velasco-Vazquez

      Affiliations

    • Dpto. de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Received 19 January 1999 ,Revised 12 April 1999 ,Accepted 12 May 1999.

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