Prompt clinical and biochemical response to denosumab in a young adult patient with craniofacial fibrous dysplasia
Author(s) -
Cristina Eller-Vainicher
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1971-3266
pISSN - 1724-8914
DOI - 10.11138/ccmbm/2016.13.3.253
Subject(s) - denosumab , medicine , bone remodeling , n terminal telopeptide , bone resorption , craniofacial , bone pain , osteocalcin , surgery , urology , osteoporosis , alkaline phosphatase , chemistry , biochemistry , psychiatry , enzyme
We report on the clinical and biochemical outcomes in a 20-year-old male suffering from active craniofacial monostotic fibrous dysplasia (MFD) of the left mandible treated with the RANK-L inhibitor, denosumab, following unsatisfactory responses to prior long-term bisphosphonates therapy.
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