Efficacy and safety of a once-yearly intravenous zoledronic acid 5 mg for fracture prevention in elderly postmenopausal women with osteoporosis aged 75 and older

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-299

  Boonen, Steven ^a   Black, Dennis M ^b   Colón Emeric, Cathleen S ^c,d   Eastell, Richard ^e   Magaziner, Jay S ^f   Eriksen, Erik Fink ^g   Mesenbrink, Peter ^h   Haentjens, Patrick ⁱ   Lyles, Kenneth W ^c,d,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^j Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence   (United States)

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Author keywords

Elderly; Fractures; Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis; Zoledronic acid

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; BRONCHITIS; CATARACT; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FRACTURE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA; LIMB INJURY; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 75749148001     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02673.x     Document Type: Article

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