Pretreatment Levels of Bone Turnover and the Antifracture Efficacy of Alendronate: The Fracture Intervention Trial

C. Bauer, Douglas; Garnero, Patrick; C. Hochberg, Marc; Santora, A.; Delmas, Pierre; K. Ewing, Susan; M. Black, Dennis

doi:10.1359/jbmr.051018

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Pretreatment Levels of Bone Turnover and the Antifracture Efficacy of Alendronate: The Fracture Intervention Trial

Published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research • Feb 1, 2006

Authors:

Douglas C. Bauer

Patrick Garnero

Marc C. Hochberg

Abstract

UNLABELLED: The influence of pretreatment bone turnover on alendronate efficacy is not known. In the FIT, we examined the effect of pretreatment bone turnover on the antifracture efficacy of daily alendronate given to postmenopausal women. The nonspine fracture efficacy of alendronate was significan...

Subject

Bone remodeling

Medicine

Alendronic acid

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