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Response to Dr Bolland's eLetter: Strontium and cardiovascular events
  1. Jean Yves Reginster
  1. Correspondence to Professor Jean Yves Reginster, Department of Public Health Sciences, Bone and Cartilage Metabolism Unit, State University of Liège, CHU Centre Ville +9, 45 Quai Godefroid Kurth, Liège 4020, Belgium; jyreginster{at}ulg.ac.be

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204535

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    The work carried out by the authors on calcium and the cardiovascular risk is of primary importance.1 We thank the authors for questions and comments on the Strontium ranelate Efficacy in Knee OsteoarthrItis trIAl (SEKOIA) study, safety being a primary concern for us.2

    The number of emergent adverse events reported in the SEKOIA study was similar in the three treatment groups: 85.8%, 87.9% and 86.5% in the SrRan 1g, SrRan 2g and placebo groups, as well as the number of serious emergent adverse events: 17.0%, 16.5% and 17.4%, respectively. The adverse reactions …

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