 Diphosphonates
"Diphosphonates" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Organic compounds which contain P-C-P bonds, where P stands for phosphonates or phosphonic acids. These compounds affect calcium metabolism. They inhibit ectopic calcification and slow down bone resorption and bone turnover. Technetium complexes of diphosphonates have been used successfully as bone scanning agents.
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D004164
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.705.206
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diphosphonates" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Diphosphonates" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Diphosphonates" by people in Profiles.
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Quarta CC, Guidalotti PL, Longhi S, Pettinato C, Leone O, Ferlini A, Biagini E, Grigioni F, Bacchi-Reggiani ML, Lorenzini M, Milandri A, Branzi A, Rapezzi C. Defining the diagnosis in echocardiographically suspected senile systemic amyloidosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Jul; 5(7):755-8.
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Khalili H, Huang ES, Ogino S, Fuchs CS, Chan AT. A prospective study of bisphosphonate use and risk of colorectal cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep 10; 30(26):3229-33.
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Lee JS, FitzGibbon EJ, Chen YR, Kim HJ, Lustig LR, Akintoye SO, Collins MT, Kaban LB. Clinical guidelines for the management of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2012 May 24; 7 Suppl 1:S2.
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Khosla S, Bilezikian JP, Dempster DW, Lewiecki EM, Miller PD, Neer RM, Recker RR, Shane E, Shoback D, Potts JT. Benefits and risks of bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Jul; 97(7):2272-82.
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Maliha G, Morgan J, Vrahas M. Transient osteoporosis of pregnancy. Injury. 2012 Aug; 43(8):1237-41.
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Lee BL, Higgins MJ, Goss PE. Denosumab and the current status of bone-modifying drugs in breast cancer. Acta Oncol. 2012 Feb; 51(2):157-67.
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Misra M, Klibanski A. Bone health in anorexia nervosa. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2011 Dec; 18(6):376-82.
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Richardson PG, Laubach JP, Schlossman RL, Ghobrial IM, Mitsiades CS, Rosenblatt J, Mahindra A, Raje N, Munshi N, Anderson KC. The Medical Research Council Myeloma IX trial: the impact on treatment paradigms. Eur J Haematol. 2012 Jan; 88(1):1-7.
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Robb-Nicholson C. Ask the doctor. I'm looking for information on Prolia and Reclast as alternatives to Boniva. Harv Womens Health Watch. 2011 Nov; 19(3):8.
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Foote JE, Rozental TD. Osteoporosis and upper extremity fragility fractures. J Hand Surg Am. 2012 Jan; 37(1):165-7.
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