RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Bisphosphonate treatment of bone disease JF Archives of Disease in Childhood JO Arch Dis Child FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health SP 494 OP 499 DO 10.1136/adc.2003.036590 VO 90 IS 5 A1 N J Shaw A1 N J Bishop YR 2005 UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/5/494.abstract AB In 1997 a review article on bisphosphonates in this journal identified 24 published articles relating to children at that time.1 Since then there has been a considerable increase in their use in clinical paediatric practice and research with there being nearly a further one hundred articles published at the time of writing.