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Preferred term

Etidronic Acid  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • (1-hydroxyethylene)diphosphonic acid
  • Diphosphonic Acid, Hydroxyethylidene
  • Hydroxyethylidene Diphosphonic Acid

Scope note

  • A diphosphonate which affects calcium metabolism. It inhibits ectopic calcification and slows down bone resorption and bone turnover.

History note

  • 2001(1973); for (1-HYDROXYETHLENE)DIPHOSPHONIC ACID use ETIDRONAT DISODIUM (NM) 1987-2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012968

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