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Assessment of optimum duration of therapy with oral dichloromethylene diphosphonate (clodronate) in the treatment of Paget's disease. 1994

S Khan, and E V McCloskey, and K S Eyres, and E D Fern, and J A Kanis

Department of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Disease, University of Sheffield Medical School, England.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010001	Osteitis Deformans	A disease marked by repeated episodes of increased bone resorption followed by excessive attempts at repair, resulting in weakened, deformed bones of increased mass. The resultant architecture of the bone assumes a mosaic pattern in which the fibers take on a haphazard pattern instead of the normal parallel symmetry.	Paget's Disease of Bone,Osseous Paget's Disease,Paget Disease of Bone,Paget Disease, Bone,Pagets Disease, Bone
D012074	Remission Induction	Therapeutic act or process that initiates a response to a complete or partial remission level.	Induction of Remission,Induction, Remission,Inductions, Remission,Remission Inductions
D004002	Clodronic Acid	A diphosphonate which affects calcium metabolism. It inhibits bone resorption and soft tissue calcification.	Clodronate,Dichloromethylene Diphosphonate,Bonefos,Cl2MDP,Clodronate Disodium,Clodronate Sodium,Dichloromethane Diphosphonate,Dichloromethanediphosphonate,Dichloromethanediphosphonic Acid,Dichloromethylene Biphosphonate,Dichloromethylenebisphosphonate,Acid, Clodronic,Acid, Dichloromethanediphosphonic,Biphosphonate, Dichloromethylene,Diphosphonate, Dichloromethane,Diphosphonate, Dichloromethylene,Disodium, Clodronate,Sodium, Clodronate
D004334	Drug Administration Schedule	Time schedule for administration of a drug in order to achieve optimum effectiveness and convenience.	Administration Schedule, Drug,Administration Schedules, Drug,Drug Administration Schedules,Schedule, Drug Administration,Schedules, Drug Administration
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000284	Administration, Oral	The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth.	Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D012189	Retrospective Studies	Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons.	Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective