Pamidronate and osteoporosis prevention in liver transplant recipients

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-256

  Pennisi, Pietra ^a   Trombetti, Andrea ^a   Giostra, Emiliano ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Rizzoli, René ^a   Fiore, Carmelo E ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Bone turnover; Cortical bone loss; Liver transplantation; Pamidronate

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MARKER; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSTEOCALCIN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 33846183785     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0196-2     Document Type: Article

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