Larger increases in bone mineral density during alendronate therapy are associated with a lower risk of new vertebral fractures in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Fracture Intervention Trial Research Group.

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Published in Arthritis Rheum on June 01, 1999

Authors

M C Hochberg1, P D Ross, D Black, S R Cummings, H K Genant, M C Nevitt, E Barrett-Connor, T Musliner, D Thompson

Author Affiliations

1: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

FLEX - Long-term Extension of FIT (Fracture Intervention Trial)(0217-051) | NCT00398931

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