The deceiving appearances of osteoclasts

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-82

  Glowacki, Julie ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; PLACEBO; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; BONE BIOPSY; BONE MASS; BONE MATRIX; DENTIN; DRUG ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENAMEL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; BONE; BONE REMODELING; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALENDRONATE; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE REMODELING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; OSTEOCLASTS;

EID: 58249087143     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0806271     Document Type: Editorial

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