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The association between serious upper gastrointestinal bleeding and incident bisphosphonate use: a population-based nested cohort study

BACKGROUND: Oral bisphosphonates are commonly used to prevent / treat osteoporosis. However, bisphosphonate treatment is not without risk and serious adverse effects, including upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) have been described. We sought to determine if new users of bisphosphonate drugs wer...

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Autores principales: Knopp-Sihota, Jennifer A, Cummings, Greta G, Homik, Joanne, Voaklander, Don
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3653746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23602075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-36