## Abstract ## Background Intravenous bisphosphonate therapy has been used for treatment of benign and malignant bone diseases and has been linked to osteonecrosis of the jaws. ## Methods Records of 638 patients treated with intravenous bisphosphonates were reviewed. Drug used, number of infusio
Incidence of bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws in breast cancer patients
✍ Scribed by Christian Walter; Bilal Al-Nawas; Andreas du Bois; Laura Buch; Philipp Harter; Knut A. Grötz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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