Prevalence of bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the jaws in multiple myeloma patients

Walter, Christian; Al‐Nawas, Bilal; Frickhofen, Norbert; Gamm, H.; Beck, Joachim; Reinsch, Laura; Blum, Christina; A. Grötz, Knut; Wagner, Wilfried

doi:10.1186/1746-160x-6-11

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Prevalence of bisphosphonate associated osteonecrosis of the jaws in multiple myeloma patients

Published in Head & Face Medicine • Jul 8, 2010

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Christian Walter

Bilal Al‐Nawas

Norbert Frickhofen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaws (BP-ONJ) is an adverse effect of bisphosphonate treatment with varying reported incidence rates. METHODS: In two neighboring German cities, prevalence and additional factors of the development of BP-ONJ in multiple myeloma patients with...

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Medicine

Osteonecrosis of the jaw

Incidence (geometry)

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