Clinical utility of denosumab for treatment of bone loss in men and women

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-124

  Adler, Robert A ^a   Gill, Ranjodh S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen deprivation therapy; Bisphosphonates; Denosumab; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry; Fracture; Osteonecrosis of the jaw; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DENOSUMAB; PLACEBO;

ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; BACKACHE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE NECROSIS; CELLULITIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG UTILIZATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECZEMA; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INJECTION SITE REACTION; INJURY SEVERITY; NEOPLASM; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIMARY OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANK LIGAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80755143281     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S14565     Document Type: Review

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