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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

American Cancer Society

American College of Rheumatology

Arthritis Foundation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Lupus Foundation of America

Muscular Dystrophy Association

National Cancer Institute

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institutes of Health Combined Health Information Database

National Library of Medicine

National Osteoporosis Foundation

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Scoliosis Research Society

Spondylitis