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Bone loss at lumbar spine after kidney transplant reduced with IV pamidronate

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November 2014

Bone loss at lumbar spine after kidney transplant reduced with IV pamidronate

Vol: 3| Issue: 11| Number:33| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Efficacy of low doses of pamidronate in osteopenic patients administered in the early post-renal transplant

Osteoporos Int. 2011 Jan;22(1):281-7

Contributing Authors:
JV Torregrosa D Fuster A Monegal MA Gentil J Bravo L Guirado A Muxí J Cubero

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39 patients with ostepenia and who underwent a kidney transplant were enrolled in this study to determine if the administration of intravenous pamidronate postoperatively improved bone mineral density (BMD). BMD, skeletal fractures and bone remodeling were analyzed one year after the transplant to evaluate the effects of intravenous bisphophonates. Patients who received the pamidronate demonstrate...

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