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Diphosphonates

"Diphosphonates" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Organic compounds which contain P-C-P bonds, where P stands for phosphonates or phosphonic acids. These compounds affect calcium metabolism. They inhibit ectopic calcification and slow down bone resorption and bone turnover. Technetium complexes of diphosphonates have been used successfully as bone scanning agents.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diphosphonates" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diphosphonates" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 33 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2014
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