Bone Abstracts

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment with pamidronate disodium (PD) with respect to the increase of bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI).Patients and methods: We evaluated nine patients (six boys) with OI (four with type III, four with type IV, one with type I) treated with PD from 4.68 to 7.92 years (mean±S.D.: 6.75±1.38 years). Intravenous PD was administered ...