osteonecrosis
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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
In 2005, it added a warning about the rare jaw disease called osteonecrosis.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2011
The plaintiff, Linda Secrest, may pursue her claim that Fosamax suffered from a design defect and caused her jawbone tissue to die, a condition known as osteonecrosis of the jaw, or ONJ, U.S.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 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
Only about one in 100,000 people taking bone drugs actually develop osteonecrosis of the jaw, he said, and the atypical fractures linked to the drugs are also very uncommon he said.
From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2011
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