Effectiveness of chronic treatment with alendronate in the osteoporosis of Cushing's disease

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 655-662

  Di Somma, Carolina ^a   Colao, Annamaria ^a   Pivonello, Rosario ^a   Klain, Michele ^a   Faggiano, Antongiulio ^a   Tripodi, Francesca S ^a   Merola, Bartolomeo ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a   Lombardi, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CUSHING DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031747924     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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