Transplantation osteoporosis and corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis in autoimmune diseases: Experience with alfacalcidol

Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 53-57

  Dequeker, J ^a   Borghs, H ^a   Van Cleemput, J ^a   Nevens, F ^a   Verleden, G ^a   Nijs, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alfacalcidol; Corticosteroids; Osteoporosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BONE DENSITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034098823     PISSN: 03401855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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