- Methylene diphosphonate
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IUPAC_name = phosphonomethylphosphonic acid
CAS_number = 1984-15-2
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PubChem = 16124
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C=1|H=6|O=6|P=2
molecular_weight = 176.002 g/mol
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routes_of_administration =Methylene diphosphonate (MDP or medronic acid) is a
pharmaceutical product used especially innuclear medicine , linked to 99mTc, as a marker to avoid the Single Photon Emission Scintigraphy, orSPECT , to localize carcinogentic bone metastasis as well as other diseases that can alter the natural turn-over inbone .
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