Bisphosphonates and the Treatment of Bone Disease in the Elderly
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 8 (2) , 113-126
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199608020-00005
Abstract
Recognition of the way in which naturally occurring pyrophosphate affects bone metabolism has stimulated the development of a whole series of related compounds, the bisphosphonates. Although the...Keywords
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