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  • noun organic chemistry Any compound (especially a class of drugs) having two phosphonate groups

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  • Since emerging evidence suggests that biomarkers of bone turnover carry notable potential to become useful tools for monitoring patients with metastatic bone disease, we measured a panel of bone formation and bone resorption markers in a relatively homogenous group of patients with hormone-refractory prostatic carcinoma (HRPC) and bone only metastases, immediately before 186Rhenium-l, l-hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (186Re-HEDP) therapy and strictly after

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Since emerging evidence suggests that biomarkers of bone turnover carry notable potential to become useful tools for monitoring patients with metastatic bone disease, we measured a panel of bone formation and bone resorption markers in a relatively homogenous group of patients with hormone-refractory prostatic carcinoma (HRPC) and bone only metastases, immediately before 186Rhenium-l, l-hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (186Re-HEDP) therapy and strictly after

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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