Etidronate Prevents High Dose Glucocorticoid Induced Bone Loss in Premenopausal Individuals with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-166

  Nakayamada, Shingo ^a   Okada, Yosuke ^a   Saito, Kazuyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Etidronate; Glucocorticoid osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; ETIDRONIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETIDRONIC ACID; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0346057891     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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