Letter to the editor: The effect of long-term alendronate treatment on cortical thickness of the proximal femur

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3509-3510

  Koh, Joyce S B ^a   Ng, Alvin C M ^a   Png, Meng Ai ^a   Howe, Tet Sen ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID;

CORTICAL THICKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOCLAST ACTIVITY; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 82655172900     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-2129-y     Document Type: Letter

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