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Alendronic acid

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Alendronic acid (INN) or alendronate sodium, sold under the trade name Fosamax among others, is a bisphosphonate drug used for osteoporosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, and several other bone diseases. [1]

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Abaloparatide

Abaloparatide (brand name Tymlos; formerly BA058) is a parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) analog drug used to treat osteoporosis.

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Annual pharmaceutical drug sales

Category:Drug-related lists Category:Pharmaceutical industry.

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ATC code M05

M05.

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Bisphosphonate

Bisphosphonates are a class of drugs that prevent the loss of bone density, used to treat osteoporosis and similar diseases.

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Chest pain

Chest pain is pain in any region of the chest.

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Etidronic acid

Etidronic acid (INN) or 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) is a bisphosphonate used in detergents, water treatment, cosmetics and pharmaceutical treatment.

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Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion

Feline Tooth Resorption (TR) is a syndrome in cats characterized by resorption of the tooth by odontoclasts, cells similar to osteoclasts.

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Geranyltranstransferase

In enzymology, a geranyltranstransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are geranyl diphosphate (a 10 carbon precursor) and isopentenyl diphosphate (a 5 carbon precursor) whereas its two products are diphosphate and trans,trans-farnesyl diphosphate (a 15 carbon product).

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Gideon Rodan

Gideon Alfred Rodan (June 14, 1934 – January 1, 2006) was a Romanian-born American biochemist and Doctor of Medicine.

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Hematopoietic stem cell niche

Many human blood cells, such as red blood cells (RBCs), immune cells, and even platelets all originate from the same progenitor cell, the hematopoietic stem cell (HSC).

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Hypercalcaemia

Hypercalcaemia, also spelled hypercalcemia, is a high calcium (Ca2+) level in the blood serum.

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Index of oncology articles

This is a list of terms related to oncology.

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Inflammatory myopathy

Inflammatory myopathy (inflammatory muscle disease or myositis) is disease featuring weakness and inflammation of muscles and (in some types) muscle pain.

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Laurie Glimcher

Laurie Hollis Glimcher is an American physician-scientist who was appointed President and CEO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in October 2016.

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List of drugs: Al

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List of drugs: Fm-Ft

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List of MeSH codes (D02)

This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.

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Medication-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MON, MONJ) is death of the jawbone in a person with a history of certain classes of drug intake who undergoes subsequent dental surgery.

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Merck & Co.

Merck & Company, Inc., d.b.a. Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) outside the United States and Canada, is an American pharmaceutical company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

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Mouth ulcer

A mouth ulcer is an ulcer that occurs on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity.

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Oophorectomy

Oophorectomy (from Greek ᾠοφόρος, ōophóros, 'egg-bearing' + ἐκτομή, ektomḗ, 'a cutting out of') is the surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries.

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Osteogenesis imperfecta

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic disorders that mainly affect the bones.

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Osteonecrosis of the jaw

Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a severe bone disease (osteonecrosis) that affects the jaws (the maxilla and the mandible).

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Osteopenia

Osteopenia is a condition in which bone mineral density is lower than normal.

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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a disease where increased bone weakness increases the risk of a broken bone.

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Paget's disease of bone

Paget's disease of bone (commonly known as Paget's disease or historically, osteitis deformans) is a condition involving cellular remodeling and deformity of one or more bones.

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Progeria

Progeria is an extremely rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder in which symptoms resembling aspects of aging are manifested at a very early age.

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Sharon Wyatt

Sharon Wyatt (born February 13, 1953) is an American soap opera actress.

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Steroidogenesis inhibitor

A steroidogenesis inhibitor, also known as a steroid biosynthesis inhibitor, is a type of drug which inhibits one or more of the enzymes that are involved in the process of steroidogenesis, the biosynthesis of endogenous steroids and steroid hormones.

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Zoledronic acid

Zoledronic acid, also known as zoledronate, is a medication used to treat a number of bone diseases.

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ATC code M05BA04, ATCvet code QM05BA04, Adronat, Alenat, Alendronate, Alendronate sodium, Alendros, Fosamax, Fosomax, Onclast, Sodium alendronate.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alendronic_acid

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