No permanent reduction in bone mineral density during treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica and temporal arteritis using low dose corticosteroids: A cross sectional study

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-169

  Haugeberg, G ^a   Myklebust, G ^a   Dovland, H ^a   Mikkelsen, B ^a   Gran, J T ^a  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Corticosteroids; Osteoporosis; Polymyalgia rheumatica; Prednisolone; Temporal arteritis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEIGHT; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SPINE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

AGED; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA; PREDNISOLONE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0034546312     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030097400750002030     Document Type: Article

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