Learning from experience. Proposal of a refined definition and staging system for bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ)

Oral Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 621-623

  Bedogni, A ^a,e   Fusco, V ^b   Agrillo, A ^c   Campisi, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e Society for Maxillofacial Surgery (SICMF)   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; BISPHOSPHONATE-ASSOCIATED OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84864843723     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2012.01903.x     Document Type: Letter

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