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  • Title: Bisphosphonates use in children.
    Author: Sebestyen JF, Srivastava T, Alon US.
    Journal: Clin Pediatr (Phila); 2012 Nov; 51(11):1011-24. PubMed ID: 22935217.
    Abstract:
    Bisphosphonates are synthetic analogues of pyrophosphate that inhibit bone resorption by their action on osteoclasts. In recent years, bisphosphonates have been used in children for treatment of a growing number of disorders associated primarily with generalized or localized osteoporosis, genetic and acquired metabolic bone diseases, heterotopic calcifications in soft tissues, and for hypercalcemia. In this review, the authors address the role of and experience with bisphosphonate therapy in disorders of childhood.
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