Long-term follow-up of bone mass after orthotopic liver transplantation: Effect of steroid withdrawal from the immunosuppressive regimen

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Díaz Guerra, G Martínez ^a   Gomez R ^a   Jodar E ^a   Loinaz, C ^a   Moreno and, E ^a   Hawkins, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Liver transplantation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036126907     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980200006     Document Type: Article

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