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Potential mediators of the mortality reduction with zoledronic acid after hip fracture

  1. Cathleen S Colón-Emeric1,*,
  2. Peter Mesenbrink2,
  3. Kenneth W Lyles1,
  4. Carl F Pieper1,
  5. Steven Boonen3,
  6. Pierre Delmas4,
  7. Erik F Eriksen5,
  8. Jay Magaziner6

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090704

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 1, pages 91–97, January 2010

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Colón-Emeric, C. S., Mesenbrink, P., Lyles, K. W., Pieper, C. F., Boonen, S., Delmas, P., Eriksen, E. F. and Magaziner, J. (2010), Potential mediators of the mortality reduction with zoledronic acid after hip fracture. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25: 91–97. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090704

Author Information

  1. 1

    Duke University Medical Center and the Durham VA Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Durham, NC, USA

  2. 2

    Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA

  3. 3

    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  4. 4

    Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France

  5. 5

    Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

  6. 6

    School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

*Box 3003 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 JAN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 6 MAY 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 12 MAR 2009

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