Angiogenesis in the Development of Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaws: An Overview

• Main Authors: Andreas Max Pabst (Author), Maximilian Krüger (Author), Sebastian Blatt (Author), Thomas Ziebart (Author), Roman Rahimi-Nedjat (Author), Elisabeth Goetze (Author), Christian Walter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (MR-ONJ) is one of the most relevant side effects of bisphosphonate therapy; it is clinically defined as a non-healing wound in combination with an avascular and necrotic jaw within ongoing bisphosphonate therapy or after completed bisphosphonate therapy....