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Volume 3, Issue 7, Page 4 (July 2008)


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Necrosis Affects 1 in 1,700 Bisphosphonate Users

ALICIA AULT (Associate Editor, Practice Trends)

SAN FRANCISCO — The prevalence of osteonecrosis of the jaw appears to be about 1 in 1,700 for adults taking long-term oral bisphosphonate therapy, according to an initial analysis of a group of Kaiser Permanente Northern California members presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society.

PII: S1558-0164(08)70245-1

doi:10.1016/S1558-0164(08)70245-1


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