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Persistence with bisphosphonate therapy including treatment courses with multiple sequential bisphosphonates in the real world. H. Ideguchi & S. Ohno & H.
Osteoporos Int (2007) 18:1421–1427 DOI 10.1007/s00198-007-0406-0

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Persistence with bisphosphonate therapy including treatment courses with multiple sequential bisphosphonates in the real world H. Ideguchi & S. Ohno & H. Hattori & Y. Ishigatsubo

Received: 5 February 2007 / Accepted: 11 April 2007 / Published online: 19 June 2007 # International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation 2007

Abstract Summary The real cumulative persistence probabilities with bisphosphonates after 5 years was 51.7%. Prescriptions by specialists other than gynecologists and rheumatologists (p< 0.001), male sex (p