Lack of correlation of skin thickness with bone density in patients receiving chronic glucocorticoid

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 290, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 388-393

  Werth, Victoria P ^a,b   Kligman, Albert M ^a,c   Shi, Xiaomei ^a   Pagnoni, Alessandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SKIN Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Collagen; Glucocorticoids; Osteoporosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; PROCOLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCOLLAGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031660521     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050322     Document Type: Article

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