Mineralization density distribution of postmenopausal osteoporotic bone is restored to normal after long-term alendronate treatment: qBEI and sSAXS data from the fracture intervention trial long-term extension (FLEX)

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Roschger, P ^a   Lombardi, A ^b   Misof, Barbara M ^a   Maier, G ^c,d   Fratzl Zelman, N ^a   Fratzl, P ^d   Klaushofer, K ^a  

^a HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^d Leoben Forschung GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone Mineralization Density Distribution (BMDD); Long term Bisphosphonate Treatment; Postmenopausal osteoporosis; Quantitative Backscattered Electron Imaging (qBEI); Scanning small angle x ray scattering (SSAXS)

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DENSITY; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCANNING SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; THICKNESS; THROMBOCYTE SHAPE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953458201     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090702     Document Type: Article

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