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JSBMR’s Guidelines Recommend Alendronate, Risedronate as First-Line Therapies for Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis Based on Available Data

April 22, 2014
The Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research (JSBMR) announced the 2014 edition of its “Guidelines on the Management and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis” on April 17. This is the JSBMR’s first revision of its guidelines since their original publication…

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