Denosumab Treatment of Severe Disuse Osteoporosis in a Boy With Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Denosumab is a fully human recombinant monoclonal antibody to the receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand. Denosumab is used in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis and cancer-related bone disorders. There are only very scarce data on denosumab treatment in children. 14-year-old boy...

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Main Author: Stepan Kutilek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-12-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5707