Postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment with antiresorptives: Effects of discontinuation or long-term continuation on bone turnover and fracture risk-A perspective

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 963-974

  Boonen, Steven ^a   Ferrari, Serge ^b   Miller, Paul D ^c   Eriksen, Erik F ^d   Sambrook, Philip N ^e   Compston, Juliet ^f   Reid, Ian R ^g   Vanderschueren, Dirk ^a   Cosman, Felicia ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Health Sciences Center and Colorado Center for Bone Research   (United States)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^h HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BONE TURNOVER MARKERS; DISCONTINUATION; FRACTURE; LONG TERM; OSTEOPOROSIS

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; BAZEDOXIFENE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; DENOSUMAB; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

BONE DENSITY; BONE TURNOVER; BREAST CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS; TIME;

EID: 84859919843     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.1570     Document Type: Review

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