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Technetium-99 conjugated with methylene diphosphonate ameliorates ovariectomy-induced osteoporotic phenotype without causing osteonecrosis in the jaw.
Calcified tissue international - 1 Dec 2012
Zhao Yinghua, Wang Lei, Liu Yi, Akiyama Kentaro, Chen Chider, Atsuta Ikiru, Zhou Tao, Duan Xiaohong, Jin Yan, Shi Songtao
Abstract excerpt
Technetium-99 conjugated with methylene diphosphonate ((99)Tc-MDP) is a novel bisphosphonate derivative without radioactivity and has been successfully used to treat arthritis in China for years. Since bisphosphonate therapy has the potential to induce bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ), we examined whether (99)Tc-MDP represents a new class of bisphosphonate for antiresorptive therapy to...
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