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Successful neridronate therapy in transient osteoporosis of the hip.

La Montagna G, Malesci D, Tirri R, Valentini G

Dipartimento Medico Chirurgico di Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale F Magrassi & A Lanzara, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy. giovanni.lamontagna@unina2.it

We report on an uncommon case of bilateral transient osteoporosis of the hip (TOH) occurring in a young woman during pregnancy. The clinical features and the therapeutic action of intramuscular neridronate sodium, a third-generation amino-bisphosphonate, are underlined.

Published 27 January 2005 in Clin Rheumatol, 24(1): 67-9.
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