| Literature DB >> 90215 |
P J Meunier, M C Chapuy, C Alexandre, C Bressot, C Edouard, C Vignon, L Mathieu, U Trechsel.
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19 patients with Paget's disease were treated orally for 6 months with disodium dichloromethylene diphosphonate. 1600 mg/day (10 patients) significantly reduced urine hydroxyproline, serum alkaline phosphatase, urine calcium, and the number of pagetic bone osteoclasts. Tetracycline double labelling revealed undisturbed bone mineralisation. There was improvement on quantitative bone-scans and bone pain diminished. There was a transient increase in parathyroid hormone level in 13 of the 19 patients during treatment, which was associated with a high serum 1,25 (OH)2D3. No adverse clinical side-effects have been observed and biochemical remission has persisted for 9 months.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 90215 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(79)91551-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321