Current Therapeutic Research
Volume 63, Issue 9 , Pages 606-620, September 2002

The efficacy of alendronate in reducing the risk for vertebral fracture in japanese patients with osteoporosis: A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled, double-dummy trial

  • Kazuhiro Kushida, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kazuhiro Kushida, MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Hamamatsu University School of Medicine 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu Shizuoka 431-3192 Japan.
    • Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, HamamatsuJapan
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  • Masataka Shiraki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases, NaganoJapan
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  • Toshitaka Nakamura, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Occupational and Environmental Health, FukuokaJapan
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  • Hideaki Kishimoto, MD

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    • San-in Rosai Hospital, TottoriJapan
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  • Hirotoshi Morii, MD

      Affiliations

    • Japan Osteoporosis Society, OsakaJapan
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  • Kichizo Yamamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hakuai Hospital, TottoriJapan
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  • Kiyoshi Kaneda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bibai Rosai Hospital, HokkaidoJapan
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  • Masao Fukunaga, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kawasaki Medical School, OkayamaJapan
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  • Tetsuro Inoue, MD

      Affiliations

    • Aoyama General Hospital, AichiJapan
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  • Mituyoshi Nakashima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hamamatsu Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, HamamatsuJapan
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  • Hajime Orimo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Alendronate/Alfacalcidol Fracture Intervention Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Members of the Alendronate/Alfacalcidol Fracture Intervention Study Group are listed in the Acknowledgments.

Accepted 11 July 2002.

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PII: S0011-393X(02)80065-0

doi:10.1016/S0011-393X(02)80065-0

Current Therapeutic Research
Volume 63, Issue 9 , Pages 606-620, September 2002

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