Alendronate improves bone mineral density in primary biliary cirrhosis: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Hepatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 762-771

  Zein, Claudia O ^a   Jorgensen, Roberta A ^a   Clarke, Bart ^a   Wenger, Doris E ^a   Keach, Jill C ^a   Angulo, Paul ^a   Lindor, Keith D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; OSTEOCALCIN; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE PAIN; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLATULENCE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NAUSEA; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FEMUR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH EROSION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; ALENDRONATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844454701     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20866     Document Type: Article

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