Effects of Risedronate Treatment on Vertebral and Nonvertebral Fractures in Women With Postmenopausal Osteoporosis.

Authors :: Harris, Steven T.
Watts, Nelson B.
Genant, Harry K.
McKeever, Clark D.
Hangartner, Thomas
Keller, Michael
Chesnut III, Charles H.
Brown, Jacques
Eriksen, Erik F.
Hoseyni, Mohammad S.
Axelrod, Douglas W.
Miller, Paul D.
Source :: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 10/13/99, Vol. 282 Issue 14, p1344. 9p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 7 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: Presents a study to test the efficacy and safety of daily treatment with risedronate to reduce the risk of vertebral and other fractures in postmenopausal women with established osteoporosis. Context; Design, setting and participants; Interventions; Main outcome measures; Results; Conclusions.

Subjects :: *OSTEOPOROSIS
*BONE fracture prevention
*OSTEOPOROSIS in women
*VERTEBRAE
*THERAPEUTICS

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