osteonecrosis
Americannoun
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He’s been diagnosed with osteonecrosis - or as Dillon calls it, “brittle bone disease” - and has had knee, hip and shoulder replacements as a result.
From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2018
District Judge John Keenan, who has presided over federal litigation by plaintiffs claiming they developed osteonecrosis of the jaw from Fosamax.
From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2013
Lawsuits alleging that plaintiffs developed osteonecrosis of the jaw from Fosamax were consolidated before Keenan in 2006.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2013
In 2005, it added a warning about the rare jaw disease called osteonecrosis.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2011
Food and Drug Administration warned that the medications might raise the risk of an unusual type of thigh fracture, and there have also been a few cases of bone death, or osteonecrosis, of the jaw.
From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2011
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