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Original Article

Clinical results of alendronate monotherapy and combined therapy with menatetrenone (VitK2) in postmenopausal RA patients

Kouji SuzukiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, 4-8-1 Hoshigaoka, Hirakata, Osaka 573-8511, Japan
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Shigeyoshi TsujiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, 4-8-1 Hoshigaoka, Hirakata, Osaka 573-8511, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yaeko FukushimaOsaka Trauma and Microsurgery Center, Seikeikai Hospital, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Takanobu NakaseDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, 4-8-1 Hoshigaoka, Hirakata, Osaka 573-8511, Japan
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Masayuki HamadaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hoshigaoka Koseinenkin Hospital, 4-8-1 Hoshigaoka, Hirakata, Osaka 573-8511, Japan
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Tetsuya TomitaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Hideki YoshikawaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Pages 450-455 | Received 29 Feb 2012, Accepted 16 May 2012, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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