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
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
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
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