Treatment for osteoporosis in people with ß-thalassaemia.

CONCLUSIONS: There is evidence to indicate an increase in bone mineral density at the femoral neck, lumbar spine and forearm after administration of bisphosphonates and at the lumbar spine and hip after zinc sulphate supplementation. The authors recommend that further long-term randomised control trials on different bisphosphonates and zinc supplementation therapies in people with beta-thalassaemia and osteoporosis are undertaken. PMID: 26964506 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26964506?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - March 10, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Bhardwaj A, Swe KM, Sinha NK, Osunkwo I Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research