Bilateral Atypical Femoral Fractures in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma Treated with Intravenous Bisphosphonate Therapy

Bisphosphonates are currently the standard approach to managing bone disease in multiple myeloma. Bisphosphonates have high bone affinity that inhibits osteoclastic activity and additionally reduces the growth factors released from malignant or osteoblastic cells, thereby impairing abnormal bone rem...

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Published in:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Main Authors: Ichiro Tonogai, Tomohiro Goto, Daisuke Hamada, Toshiyuki Iwame, Shinji Yoshioka, Takahiko Tsutsui, Yuichiro Goda, Hiroshi Egawa, Koichi Sairyo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/452418